{"id":38,"date":"2012-07-05T15:52:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T15:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devonlink.co.uk\/blog\/?p=38"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:58:10","slug":"cranbrook-devon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devonlink.co.uk\/blog\/cranbrook-devon\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranbrook Devon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Devon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.devonlink.co.uk\">Devon<\/a> gets its first new town to be built since the middle ages.<\/p>\n<p>The new town of <a title=\"Cranbrook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.devonlink.co.uk\/cranbrook\/\">Cranbrook<\/a> will be a self-sufficient, low carbon community eventually offering up to 6,550 new Devon homes some of which will be classed as affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>The community will benefit from new schools, shops and transport links including a new \u00a34.5m train station.<\/p>\n<p>The town is located close to the Exeter Science Park on the outskirts of <a title=\"Exeter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.devonlink.co.uk\/exeter\/\">Exeter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon gets its first new town to be built since the middle ages. 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