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:00:00. > :00:07.well. More details if you want to go on the website. That's

:00:08. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to Look E`st. In the programme tonight: Why thousands

:00:13. > :00:19.of homes in this region get planning permission but don't get built. This

:00:20. > :00:23.direct building has had planning permission for 64 flats but work

:00:24. > :00:26.hasn't started yet. The new telephone scam, netting millions of

:00:27. > :00:30.pounds. Victims are duped into calling their bank. The trotble

:00:31. > :00:32.pounds. Victims are duped into calling their bank. The trouble is,

:00:33. > :00:38.the conmen have kept the phone line open. Police are just talking to the

:00:39. > :00:39.conmen. Making it in Morocco. Charley Hull clinches her first

:00:40. > :00:43.Charley Hull clinches her fhrst title on the Ladies European Tour.

:00:44. > :00:45.And as the Chancellor announces plans for a new Garden City, we

:00:46. > :00:46.return to the very first one, plans for a new Garden City, we

:00:47. > :00:47.return to the very first ond, in return to the very first one, in

:00:48. > :01:00.Hertfordshire. First tonight, housing developers

:01:01. > :01:03.under fire for getting planning permission for houses but not

:01:04. > :01:07.building them. New figures obtained by the BBC show that thousands of

:01:08. > :01:12.new homes have been given the green light by planners but they still

:01:13. > :01:15.haven't been built. And in `bout half of those cases planning

:01:16. > :01:19.permission was granted more than two years ago. For example, in Harlow

:01:20. > :01:21.nearly 4,000 new homes are still on the drawing board. In Broadland it's

:01:22. > :01:24.more than 3,500. And in Wavdney the drawing board. In Broadland it's

:01:25. > :01:28.more than 3,500. And in Waveney it's more than 3,500. And in Waveney it's

:01:29. > :01:32.nearly 1,500. This weekend the Chancellor said Britain needs to

:01:33. > :01:40."get building". This report is from Tom Barton.

:01:41. > :01:41.Chris is house`hunting in Chelmsford, looking to buy ` family

:01:42. > :01:47.Chelmsford, looking to buy a family home for him, his partner and their

:01:48. > :01:50.14`month`old son Oliver. But the price of property in the city means

:01:51. > :01:57.they will struggle to buy the house they want. A lot of commuters live

:01:58. > :01:58.here, they can afford higher prices, they have been moving to this area

:01:59. > :02:02.they have been moving to thhs area and that has forced the price up so

:02:03. > :02:07.it's making it more difficult to find something suitable for us.

:02:08. > :02:13.Unfortunately if we want to stay in the area, we have got to pax the

:02:14. > :02:14.price. One of the reasons prices are so high is that there aren't enough

:02:15. > :02:18.homes. There is demand for at so high is that there aren't enough

:02:19. > :02:22.homes. There is demand for `t least 20,000 new homes each year in the

:02:23. > :02:27.East of England, and large construction projects are ndeded to

:02:28. > :02:30.keep up with demand. At this site in Chelmsford city centre, the

:02:31. > :02:34.developer is getting on with building 219 new homes. It across

:02:35. > 9:55:40the region, there are sites with planning permission for your work