21st Jul 2008
The number of Gordon Brown’s flagship eco-towns should be slashed by two thirds because most of the proposed schemes are not green enough, senior civil servants have warned. They have advised ministers to cut the number from 10 to only two or three “exemplar” towns, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt.
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The man behind controversial plans to build an eco-town at a former Norfolk RAF base said last night he was prepared to move his scheme closer to Norwich after it emerged ministers were keen on the idea.
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A top Government minister is expected to visit the county to discuss eco-town plans in the next two weeks. However, it has not been confirmed whether housing minister Caroline Flint will visit the actual site of the proposed eco-town, south-east of Leicester. It is believed she may be visiting Market Harborough on Monday, July 28, but the Government said this was not finalised. Campaigners are concerned the minister may not find time to visit the location of the proposed 15,000-home eco-town.
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17th Jul 2008
Fife residents would install more renewable technologies such as wind turbines and solar panels on their homes if they knew it would lead to lower fuel bills, research by one of the country’s leading environmental organisations has revealed.
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Littlehampton Town Council has voted to oppose the proposed Ford Eco-Town, following a heated debate. The full council met on Thursday, June 29 with members agreeing by a 12-three majority to object to the scheme on a number of grounds, including a lack of transport links and concerns over how “eco” the town would really be.
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Two more major organisations have waded into the debate over plans for an eco-town at the former RAF Coltishall airbase by voicing fresh concerns. With an announcement due within the next six months on whether the ambitious proposals will make the cut, Reporter Kim Briscoe takes a look at the support and opposition for the plan.
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27th Jun 2008
Plans to build an eco-town near Manby have been axed - to the delight of shocked protestors. East Lindsey District councillors rejected a potential multi-million pound Government investment scheme to build 5,000 homes on the former RAF site. At last night’s full council meeting, they had been asked to give the go ahead for a £100,000 Government-funded feasibility study into the scheme - but instead voted to withdraw interest in the project entirely.
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Thursday 11.20am - Following the decision to scrap plans to build an eco town near Louth East Lindsey District Council has said it still needs to tackle the lack of affordable housing. The council will now develop work with its local partners to address the key issues of affordable housing, skills, investment and coastal flood defences.
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A Lincolnshire council shortlisted for one of the Government’s controversial eco-towns has withdrawn its application. The proposed towns - ranging from 5,000 to 15,000 homes - have been hailed by ministers as the future, but critics claim they would be “simply unsustainable”.
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26th Jun 2008
CAMPAIGNERS fighting the proposal for an ‘eco-town’ at Ford will lobby Parliament next week (June 30). A delegation from Communities Against Ford Eco-Town (CAFE) will make the journey to London to make their views known on the proposal to build at least 5,000 houses on greenfield land at Ford in West Sussex.
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Wednesday, 2.30pm - THREE major landowners have submitted plans detailing how the former RAF Newton airbase, near Bingham, could be developed into an “eco-town”. The Crown Estate, Defence Estates and Newton Nottingham LLP have submitted the plans to the Department for Communities and Local Government, which plans to build 10 such towns around the country.
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The Better Accessible Responsible Development (Bard) group is opposed to 6,000 new homes near Long Marston. Bard has applied for a judicial review of the government’s eco-town process, claiming the programme is “unlawful” and lacks “adequate consultation”. A Communities and Local Government spokesman said it did not believe there was any basis for a legal challenge. Ministers say the towns would be low energy, carbon-neutral developments.
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