Green belt housing protested

Title

Green belt housing protested

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

26 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:18

Description

Elaine Bancroft reports on petition with signatories including showbiz personalities living in the area against controversial plans to build 43,000 homes in the green belt in Berkshire, put forward by Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley. Includes interviews with film producer David Puttnam; Dick Bate of the Council for the Protection of Rural England; television personality Jenny Hanley.

Contributors

David Puttnam; Elaine Bancroft; Jenny Hanley; Dick Bate

Keywords

Housing; Berkshire; Famous people; Housing policy; Green belts; Nicholas Ridley; Housing construction; CPRE; Petitioning

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