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- ↑ "What is a sustainable community? - Communities and Local Government". www.communities.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2007.
- ↑ "MKSM Growth Area". www.northamptonshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 January 2007.
- ↑ "Demolition".
