Nick Boles wants more bungalows built

Planning minister Nick Boles wants more bungalows built because most pensioners want to “end their days” in one.

Nick Boles

He told a planning conference the amount of bungalows built in the past few years had dropped because developers were focusing on higher density developments.

“When you ask people where they would like to end their days, a lot of them say they want to end their days in a bungalow,” he said in comments reported by the Daily Telegraph.

“If we’re going to provide for more bungalows we’re going to have to provide more land than we otherwise would.”

Boles said developments with bungalows could face less local opposition and said that more housing for pensioners should be built in town centres.

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