Fears of new Derbyshire Dales 'commuter towns' thanks to housing plans

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New national housing policies could create “large dormitory settlements of commuters” in parts of Derbyshire without investment into infrastructure and jobs, a council says. A Derbyshire Dales District Council meeting this month debated new planning policies brought by the new Labour Government which could see its housing targets more than doubled from 216 homes per year to 571.

District council officials have dubbed the new policy “disproportionate” and “perverse” and claimed that the new Government needs to drastically change them. The same plans would see Derby’s home requirements decrease from 1,244 to 1,062, Amber Valley’s annual home requirements rise from 351 to 682 and South Derbyshire’s rise from 507 to 606.

One core solution which has been long-debated in the Dales is the creation of

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