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Swift Bricks in New Builds

Local MP Rachel Gilmour, has written to the Minister for Housing and Planning requesting that he look into the merits of including swift bricks in new builds.
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Many thanks to our local MP, Rachel Gilmour, who after reading the Bolve last month wrote to the Minister for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook. She requested that the Ministry of Housing look into the merits of including swift bricks in new builds. You can read her full letter via the link below, which includes the Minister’s address, should you be inspired to follow her example.

Swift-friendly new-build regulation: Letter to the Minister for Housing and Planning

Image: Nigel Hester

 

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