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| 15,000-home garden city to be built at Ebbsfleet | 15,000-home garden city to be built at Ebbsfleet |
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| A garden city with an initial 15,000 homes will be built at Ebbsfleet in Kent, George Osborne has announced. | A garden city with an initial 15,000 homes will be built at Ebbsfleet in Kent, George Osborne has announced. |
| The chancellor told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show the site was chosen because there was "fantastic" infrastructure and it was in south-east England where pressure on housing has been high. | The chancellor told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show the site was chosen because there was "fantastic" infrastructure and it was in south-east England where pressure on housing has been high. |
| He said local MPs were enthusiastic about the idea and local people wanted to see regeneration of the area. | He said local MPs were enthusiastic about the idea and local people wanted to see regeneration of the area. |
| Ebbsfleet has a stop on the high-speed rail line to the Channel Tunnel. | Ebbsfleet has a stop on the high-speed rail line to the Channel Tunnel. |
| Explaining the decision to choose the area, Mr Osborne said; "In Ebbsfleet there is the land available, there is fantastic infrastructure with the high speed line. | Explaining the decision to choose the area, Mr Osborne said; "In Ebbsfleet there is the land available, there is fantastic infrastructure with the high speed line. |
| "It's on the river, it's in the south-east of England where a lot of the housing pressure has been. | "It's on the river, it's in the south-east of England where a lot of the housing pressure has been. |
| "And crucially you've got local communities and local MPs who support the idea." | "And crucially you've got local communities and local MPs who support the idea." |
| Gareth Johnson, Conservative MP for Dartford, said he "very much welcomed" the chancellor's announcement. | |
| "The Ebbsfleet Valley has been a source of great frustration for many years," he said. | |
| "Despite the efforts of the council and central government, we've never got the development we want to see in the area." | |
| He said attempts had been made to build new homes at Ebbsfleet since 1996. | |
| Planning permission was granted for about 6,000 new homes at Eastern Quarry, near Ebbsleet station, in 2007, but nothing was ever built, he added. | |
| "For whatever reason a developer has not been forthcoming and the recession didn't help," Mr Johnson said. | |
| "What this announcement does is enable the proper infrastructure to be put in place." | |
| Last month, think tank the Centre for London set out its vision for a new town at Ebbsfleet with 35,000 homes. | Last month, think tank the Centre for London set out its vision for a new town at Ebbsfleet with 35,000 homes. |