Fourteen garden villages to be built in England totalling 48,000 homes

Sites for new villages include green belt land and spread from Cornwall to Cumbria, but local opposition is strong in some areas

Fourteen garden villages are to be built across England on sites including a former airfield and green belt land, ministers have said.

The villages, totalling 48,000 homes, will not be extensions of existing small towns or villages, but "distinct new places with their own community facilities", the government said.