Village politics

When the Community Right to Build scheme was originally announced, with the approval threshold set at 90%, it seemed highly unlikely that we’d hear much more about it, but Shapps’ recent announcement (News September 27) certainly suggests it will make it into the upcoming Localism Bill.

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