The decision to proceed with HS2 means the 25,000-home regeneration of Old Oak Common can continue, the chair of the development corporation overseeing the plans has said. At least 45,000 homes will also be built close to other new stations along the line.   

Old Oak Common and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) chair Liz Peace welcomed the government’s decision. She told Housing Today that, had HS2 been scrapped or Old Oak Common station removed from the scheme, the entire rationale for the regeneration plan would have been called in to question.

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