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'Default yes' to any housing developments near stations
Manchester Evening News
|November 18, 2025
HOUSING developments near stations will receive a “default yes” from planners as the Government aims to meet its pledge of building 1.5 million homes.
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Secretary of State for Housing Steve Reed
(JEFF MOORE/PA)
Housing Secretary Steve Reed is set to announce changes to planning rules that will make it easier to build on sites within 15 minutes’ walk of “well-connected” train and tram stations, including on green belt land.
The change, which involves amending the National Planning Policy Framework, is part of a series of measures expected to be announced by Mr Reed today.
This story is from the November 18, 2025 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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