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A response is expected today (Monday) on how and where West Berkshire must build more homes. The Planning Inspector responsible for reviewing the Local Plan for West Berkshire sided with the previous Tory administration – and told the council it must build the 2,500 homes in Thatcham – plus another 500 across the district. And West Berkshire has been told by the government that its housing allocation needs to more than double. The question being wrestled with is where. West Berkshire has a large proportion of space allocated to the AONB (now National Landscape) and the DEPZ (the emergency zone…

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