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Create Streets calls on next government to build homes on industrial parks

By 2024-07-04T11:03:00

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Influential think tank Create Streets has called on the next government to unlock more housing by legalising a new generation of mansion blocks and building homes on industrial parks.

The group, founded by Nicholas Boys Smith, promotes traditional architectural styles and has long had the ear of key Conservative party insiders including communities secretary Michael Gove.

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