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<p>We are very supportive of the Garden City principles, having recently welcomed
the addition of a further 25 garden towns and villages onto the Garden Communities
programme to be exemplars of high quality, good design and best practice. To date,
we have provided over £38 million in capacity funding to assist the places to deliver
against their ambitious proposals.</p><p>The Government has also convened the Building
Better, Building Beautiful Commission to advise on practical measures that will help
ensure new housing developments and neighborhoods meet the needs and expectations
of communities, making them more likely to be welcomed. The Commission published their
interim report earlier this month on 9 July.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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