Council Resists Army of Opposition to 30,000-Home Development Green Belt: Protests Green Belt: Protests Fife Authority Accused of Ignoring Objections and Triggering a 'Feeding Frenzy' Among Builders

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A SCOTTISH local authority has been accused of trying to bulldoze through plans for more than 30,000 new houses that would increase pollution, wreck the countryside and damage democracy.

The massive house-building programme being proposed by Fife Council has run into fierce and widespread opposition from government agencies, neighbouring councils, environmental organisations and scores of residents' groups. In total, more than 2500 objections have been lodged.

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Council Resists Army of Opposition to 30,000-Home Development Green Belt: Protests Green Belt: Protests Fife Authority Accused of Ignoring Objections and Triggering a 'Feeding Frenzy' Among Builders

Public consultations have amounted to "gerrymandering" and population projections have been "seriously misleading", local residents claim. And the prospect of constructing so many new houses is a...

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