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Sean Bean Fights Labour's Green-Belt Housing Plan

9/26/2025

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Sean Bean opposes a Labour-led council plan to sell green-belt land in Handsworth, South Yorkshire for 1,638 homes and vows to fight it.
He says the plan would reduce green spaces and leaves children feeling claustrophobic.
The Labour government aims to build 1.5 million homes by 2029.
Bean and campaigners have gathered 4,000 signatures to halt the development.

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Sean Bean opposes a Labour-led council plan to sell green-belt land in Handsworth, South Yorkshire for 1,638 homes and vows to fight it.
He says the plan would reduce green spaces and leaves children feeling claustrophobic.
The Labour government aims to build 1.5 million homes by 2029.
Bean and campaigners have gathered 4,000 signatures to halt the development.