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Concreting the countryside : In the News
Four ‘eco-towns’ earmarked for government funds
- Source: BBC News
8th February 2010
Four "eco-towns" due to be built in England are to receive a funding boost of £60m to be spread over the next two years, the government has announced.
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Taylor Wimpey new home orders swell by 28%
- Source: The Times
- 18th January 2010
Taylor Wimpey, the UK’s biggest housebuilder, today revealed it has entered the new year with a 28 per cent rise in orders for new homes as improved conditions and rising prices had enabled the group to reduce its debt.
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Grey to green - new publication from CABE
- Source: CABE
- 26th November 2009
New CABE report on how we shift funding and skills to green our cities. Green infrastructure does not receive anything like the investment or management that goes into grey infrastructure.
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Housebuilding figures down
- Source: Shelter
- 28th October 2009
Revised figures published today for the past 12 months to June 2009 show that housebuilding is in even greater decline than shown in previous government figures released in August.
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Eco towns get green light despite local opposition
- Source: The Times
- 17th July 2009
Ministers gave approval yesterday for the building of four “pioneer” eco-towns and insisted that at least 10,000 homes would be in place by 2016 in the face of local opposition.
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Four sites to become ‘eco towns’
- Source: BBC News
- 16th July 2009
The locations of four new "eco-towns" have been announced as part of scaled-down government plans. They are Rackheath, Norfolk; north west Bicester, Oxfordshire; Whitehill Bordon, East Hants; and the China Clay Community near St Austell, Cornwall.
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No 10 denies ‘housing cash row’
- Source: BBC News
- 30th June 2009
Downing Street has denied reports that there is no agreement over funding for Gordon Brown's plan to build an extra 20,000 affordable homes in two years.
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Eco-towns cannot go ahead without support of local community say townhalls
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 7th April 2009
Eco-towns could be illegal because of a failure to consult properly, according to legal advice given to town halls.
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