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Housing 'land grab' angers councillors; New homes continue to be needed. But the growing question is, just where do we put them all?(News)
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Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
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January 7, 2008
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Byline: ANDREW BALDWIN reports.
IT'S no secret that new homes are wanted in Huddersfield and its surrounding areas.
But just how many, what kind and where to put them has been a big question for years.
Soon though, major leaps may be made towards making it happen. And it's raising fears that hundreds - if not thousands - of homes will have to be built on countryside.
Kirklees Council has drawn up a plan to build almost 22,000 additional homes by 2021 and then another 8,000 by 2026.
It's not a prospect which particularly thrills councillors but they have been ...
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