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| England's first garden villages will be built at 14 sites spread across the country from Devon to Cumbria, the government has announced. | England's first garden villages will be built at 14 sites spread across the country from Devon to Cumbria, the government has announced. |
| Ministers have lent their support to 14 planned developments which will each deliver between 1,500 and 10,000 properties and establish new villages. | Ministers have lent their support to 14 planned developments which will each deliver between 1,500 and 10,000 properties and establish new villages. |
| Larger garden towns in Buckinghamshire, Somerset and the Essex-Hertfordshire border were also approved. | Larger garden towns in Buckinghamshire, Somerset and the Essex-Hertfordshire border were also approved. |
| The 17 new areas could provide almost 200,000 new homes, the government says. | The 17 new areas could provide almost 200,000 new homes, the government says. |
| The latest plans are in addition to seven garden towns that have already been announced. | The latest plans are in addition to seven garden towns that have already been announced. |
| The plans for garden towns and cities are expected to create new communities with green spaces, good transport links and high quality affordable homes to help tackle a lack of housing. | The plans for garden towns and cities are expected to create new communities with green spaces, good transport links and high quality affordable homes to help tackle a lack of housing. |
| The new villages will receive about £6m in government funding over two years to help deliver the projects, with a further £1.4m of funding being provided for the delivery of the new towns. | The new villages will receive about £6m in government funding over two years to help deliver the projects, with a further £1.4m of funding being provided for the delivery of the new towns. |
| The 14 new garden villages will be in: | The 14 new garden villages will be in: |
| The three new garden towns will be in: | The three new garden towns will be in: |
| Homes are already being built in Aylesbury, Taunton, Bicester, Didcot, Basingstoke, Ebbsfleet, and north Northamptonshire. | Homes are already being built in Aylesbury, Taunton, Bicester, Didcot, Basingstoke, Ebbsfleet, and north Northamptonshire. |
| Dame Kate Barker. who carried out an independent review of UK housing supply in 2004, said it was a "step in the right direction" towards easing Britain's housing shortage. | |
| But she told the Today programme that the plans would only make up one year's worth of the backlog of homes that should have been built since the financial crisis. | |
| She added: "It's very hard to tell from this announcement how far these are new and additional to existing local plans. | |
| "But when the government set out its prospectus for the villages last year, it did say they want to be additional. | |
| "The money on offer on the first instance, which is £6m spread across these garden villages, is not very large so we will certainly have to see infrastructure money as well going in to help make these places successful. | |
| "But I think we should welcome welcome this announcement. It's certainly a step in the right direction." | |
| Housing Minister Gavin Barwell said: "Locally-led garden towns and villages have enormous potential to deliver the homes that communities need. | |
| "New communities not only deliver homes, they also bring new jobs and facilities and a big boost to local economies." | "New communities not only deliver homes, they also bring new jobs and facilities and a big boost to local economies." |