Dozens of ‘eco-town’ plans lodged

More than 70 plans for new “eco-towns” have been lodged with the Scottish Government. The huge response is part of an initiative to create new green communities that will be exemplars for developers to follow. Environment groups have reacted positively but have emphasised that the projects must go beyond zero-carbon buildings to be sustainable in their entirety, and include strong public transport links to limit emissions from cars.
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Would the proposals for eco-towns be beneficial for Scotland?

A year ago, the Scottish Government issued a challenge to local authorities, builders and planners to increase the rate of new housing supply to at least 35,000 new homes a year by the middle of the next decade.
Cue environmentalists expressing outrage at the loss of green belt to unchecked urban sprawl? Well, no actually. The reason, I think, had something to do with government beginning to get serious about making at least some of these new communities sustainable.

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