Brabazon homes labelled 'awful shoeboxes' as new town gets government backingThe new town will sit at the heart of a corridor of connected developmentsView Image A CGI of the Brabazon site (Image: YTL)Bristol Live readers have been discussing the news that the government has given its backing to the Brabazon development as part of a wave of new towns planned across the country. ‌Brabazon is being developed by YTL UK Group on the former Filton Airfield site. Longer-term, the scheme could expand to "up to 25,000 homes", YTL has said. YTL says Brabazon will become a "thriving new town, designed around people, nature and opportunity: the best place in the UK to live, work and play". Just how much Bristol will benefit from giving this development new town status is yet to be seen.