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02/12/2014
New Garden City To Be Developed In Bicester
A new garden city is to be developed in Bicester, Oxfordshire, to tackle the housing shortage, the Deputy Prime Minister has confirmed.
Mr Nick Clegg said 13,000 new homes will be built in Bicester, as part of the National Infrastructure Plan to be published tomorrow, 3rd December.
Mr Clegg told the Daily Telegraph: "The Liberal Democrats have long argued that garden cities are an idea whose time has come again.
"I am delighted that Bicester can now be confirmed as a pioneer in what I hope will be another wave of garden cities in this country.
"This is a significant victory for the approach championed by the coalition government – where local areas put their hand up and say we want to become a garden city or garden town.
"Bicester will get help from the government with both significant capital investment and in helping developers build the amenities that are required to be a true garden town."
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Mr Nick Clegg said 13,000 new homes will be built in Bicester, as part of the National Infrastructure Plan to be published tomorrow, 3rd December.
Mr Clegg told the Daily Telegraph: "The Liberal Democrats have long argued that garden cities are an idea whose time has come again.
"I am delighted that Bicester can now be confirmed as a pioneer in what I hope will be another wave of garden cities in this country.
"This is a significant victory for the approach championed by the coalition government – where local areas put their hand up and say we want to become a garden city or garden town.
"Bicester will get help from the government with both significant capital investment and in helping developers build the amenities that are required to be a true garden town."
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