Plans for a new village at Dunsfold Park in Surrey, masterplanned by PTE, have been approved by the Secretary of State for Housing, Sajid Javid.

The ‘new Surrey village for the 21st Century’ will contain 1,800 homes, an expanded business park, village centre with shops and two schools and a 250-acre country park.

PTE has been working on the project since 2006. The site is a former WW2 air base, which is currently home to Top Gear and other events and businesses.

The planning application received sign off from Waverly Borough Council in December 2016 but was called in by the Secretary of State last March, taking the final decision out of the hands of the local authority.