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Builders welcome rule amendment

Last-minute changes to rules for communities approving housing developments in the Localism Bill have been welcomed by developers.

Last-minute changes to rules for communities approving housing developments in the Localism Bill have been welcomed by developers.

The Government has slashed the majority needed in a local referendum on house-building – under the Community Right to Build programme – from 75% to a simple majority of 50%.

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