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Fields of Gold

Indepenent - 18th April 2008

The price of farmland is increasing at its fastest rate for more than thirty years as wealthy city dwellers and overseas buyers seek a slice of idyllic rural England and jittery investors rush to move their money out of stocks and shares because of the credit crunch.
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€50m cost of land halted road project

Irish Independent - 6th March 2008

The land in question was originally valued at €14.6m in 2005 but after Cork County Council re-zoned the land, it shot up in price to more than €50m by the end of 2007
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Masterplan for Winsford moves closer

Winsford Guardian - 3rd January 2008

PLANS for a £35million regeneration of Winsford town centre are moving closer.
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Elderly can keep their dignity in care village

Winsford Guardian - 27th November 2007

Work is set to start on a £65million scheme to provide care for the elderly in Winsford.
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'Green belt guardian' does U-turn and says houses should be built

Daily Mail - 30th October 2007

The green belt is an outdated concept and it should be built on, the man in charge of guarding our countryside said yesterday.
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Green Belt Must be sacrificed to hit Brown's house-building targets

Daily Mail - 30th August 2007

The Green Belts that have protected the countryside for more than 50 years should be built on, a Whitehall report said yesterday.
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Cordea Savills pushes government strategic land as investment opportunity for IFAs

Financial Times - 20th August 2007

IFAs should look towards enhancing returns for their clients by investing in ‘strategic land’, or land that is allocated for development by local authorities, or unallocated land that has the potential for future development for housing or other uses.
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House Plans 'will hit green belt'

BBC News 15th August 2007

About two million homes will have to be built on greenfield sites to meet the prime minister's plans to tackle the housing shortage, a think tank warns.
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Builders Battle for Winsford

Winsford Guardian 8th August 2007

Developers have bid for the contract to build a £10million leisure complex in Winsford. Three tenders have now been received from construction companies to build the lifestyle centre at Winsford Sports Complex.
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Developer’s new Guide

Winsford Guardian 8th August 2007

Making a planning application is expected to get easier thanks to the creation of a good practice guide by Vale Royal borough Council.
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Housing dominates Brown's agenda

BBC NEWS 11th July 2007

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he will put housing, health and education at the heart of his parliamentary programme for the next year.
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Build on the green belt, and build now

Sunday Times 10th June 2007

Everybody knows why property is so expensive. There aren’t enough houses and flats. Everybody knows that the answer is to relax the Soviet-style planning restrictions and build lots more, fast. But many people, including some of the most powerful and vociferous, have resisted the explosion of building that is needed, both to provide housing and to bring down prices.
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House prices 'will soar to ten times salaries'

Daily Mail 8th June 2007

Around four million Britons have given up on the dream of owning their own home
The average house will cost ten times people’s annual earnings within 20 years, experts have warned.
Millions of young people will be frozen out of the market by an "inexorable" rise in prices.
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Vale Royal to get new Homes Boost

Winsford Guardian 24th May 2007

The number of extra new homes being built in Vale Royal looks set to increase by 150 a year.
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Town Gets £10m College

Winsford Guardian 14th March 2007

A £10MILLION college will be built at the gateway to Winsford.
The Learning Zone can now be built on the old gasholder site after Vale Royal Borough Council agreed to release the land during a meeting on Thursday.
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