http://www.21stcenturychallenges.org/challenges/countryside/focus/ en dan@kdweb.co.uk Copyright 2008 2008-05-01T12:22:53+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/11/eaecotown111.xml http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/11/eaecotown111.xml#When:09:11:24Z A judge has ruled that a judicial review of the whole eco towns programme should go ahead 2008-09-12T09:11:24+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/property_and_mortgages/article4629875.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/property_and_mortgages/article4629875.ece#When:15:10:11Z A quarter of the developers on the Government's shortlist of 15 eco-towns have now abandoned the schemes, which have prompted widespread protests. 2008-09-18T15:10:11+00:00 http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/housingandregeneration.html http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/housingandregeneration.html#When:15:13:08Z The Housing and Regeneration Bill 2007-08 passed by Parliament in July aims to, among other things, reform social housing and social housing regulation, and support the delivery of 3 million new homes. 2008-09-18T15:13:08+00:00 http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article4217719.ece http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article4217719.ece#When:15:16:19Z Government Housing Minister Caroline Flint says the 15 potential ‘eco-towns’ in the UK can provide more affordable housing in areas under pressure both in terms of supply and affordability, but admits some greenfield sites will be lost. 2008-09-18T15:16:19+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2194808/Millions-more-homes-needed-by-2020.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2194808/Millions-more-homes-needed-by-2020.html#When:15:18:15Z The Government has been told that in order to make housing more affordable 3.48 million new houses need to be built by 2020. The article details which areas are most in need of new affordable houses to be developed and how this should be approached. 2008-09-18T15:18:15+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/3126788/House-building-at-lowest-level-for-50-years.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/3126788/House-building-at-lowest-level-for-50-years.html#When:09:11:34Z The number of new homes being built in Britain has fallen to the lowest level for more than 50 years, research suggests 2008-10-03T09:11:34+00:00 http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=2771 http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=2771#When:12:02:03Z The government’s eco-towns initiative has started a number of debates – about their size and the choice of locations, and how lessons from new towns can be applied to the existing built environment. 2008-10-06T12:02:03+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/3269522/Britains-environmental-heritage-at-risk-warns-CPRE.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/3269522/Britains-environmental-heritage-at-risk-warns-CPRE.html#When:10:56:00Z Britain risks losing its "fabulous inheritance of landscape and wildlife" as the Government allows developments - including its flagship eco-town projects - to spring up across the countryside, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has warned 2008-10-28T10:56:00+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/03/greenbuilding-ecotowns http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/03/greenbuilding-ecotowns#When:10:32:35Z The government should revise its target to build 3m new homes by 2020 in the light of the economic downturn, which gives ministers a chance to save greenfield land from development, a committee of MPs says today. 2008-11-04T10:32:35+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7708149.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7708149.stm#When:12:06:45Z Nearly all the locations earmarked for new eco-towns have question marks about them, ministers have acknowledged. 2008-11-04T12:06:45+00:00 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmenvaud/566/566.pdf http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmenvaud/566/566.pdf#When:14:19:56Z The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) release 'Greener homes for the future? An environmental analysis of the Government’s housebuilding plans' 2008-11-04T14:19:56+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/04/ecotowns http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/04/ecotowns#When:12:24:36Z Just one of the 12 sites competing to become one of Gordon Brown's ecotowns is currently considered suitable by the government's green consultants. 2008-11-05T12:24:36+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5198945.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5198945.ece#When:16:47:04Z The Mayor of London refused to scale back his housing targets despite gloom in the sector, because while times were “incredibly difficult”, it “doesn’t mean for a second that we should abandon our ambitions”. 2008-11-20T16:47:04+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/03/andres-duany-prince-charles-architecture http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/03/andres-duany-prince-charles-architecture#When:12:06:16Z One of Prince Charles's allies in his battle against modern architecture has attacked the "disappointing to dismal" design of British postwar towns. 2008-12-03T12:06:16+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fierce-opposition-forces-brown-to-shorten-ecotowns-shortlist-1301568.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fierce-opposition-forces-brown-to-shorten-ecotowns-shortlist-1301568.html#When:12:36:56Z Only five proposals for environment-friendly settlements make the grade, officials say 2009-01-12T12:36:56+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7852546.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7852546.stm#When:14:12:30Z Campaigners have lost a High Court challenge to the government's plans to build as many as 10 "eco-towns". 2009-01-28T14:12:30+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5614919.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5614919.ece#When:10:21:32Z The biggest council house building programme since the 1950s was ordered by Gordon Brown yesterday as he urged town halls to rescue the construction industry and help to kick-start the economy. 2009-01-30T10:21:32+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/09/eco-homes-refit-emissions http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/09/eco-homes-refit-emissions#When:11:46:04Z More than one in four homes in the UK will be offered a complete eco-makeover under ambitious plans expected to be announced this week to slash fuel bills and cut global warming pollution. 2009-02-09T11:46:04+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/23/affordable-housing http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/23/affordable-housing#When:12:26:25Z Newly formed 2020 Group says building mroe homes would boost economy and save thousands of jobs 2009-02-23T12:26:25+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7922578.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7922578.stm#When:09:43:00Z A major Whitehall department lacks the skills needed to put vital policies into operation, MPs have said. 2009-03-04T09:43:00+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4969489/Number-of-new-homes-needs-to-more-than-double-to-meet-population-demand-by-2031.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4969489/Number-of-new-homes-needs-to-more-than-double-to-meet-population-demand-by-2031.html#When:12:30:00Z The number of new homes being built needs to more than double to meet population demand by 2031, official figures are likely to show today 2009-03-11T12:30:00+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/4974499/House-prices-could-fall-by-further-55-per-cent.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/4974499/House-prices-could-fall-by-further-55-per-cent.html#When:12:11:26Z House prices may fall by a further 55 percent and there is a "very real probability" that Britain will be bankrupted, a leading investment bank has warned in a private note to clients. 2009-03-12T12:11:26+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5908376.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5908376.ece#When:10:05:36Z Techniques for geo-engineering are coming under serious scrutiny as temperatures and CO2 emissions continue to rise 2009-03-24T10:05:36+00:00 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/176f2688-18d2-11de-bec8-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F176f2688-18d2-11de-bec8-0000779fd2ac.html&_i_referer= http://www.ft.com/cms/s/176f2688-18d2-11de-bec8-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F176f2688-18d2-11de-bec8-0000779fd2ac.html&_i_referer=#When:15:22:26Z Gordon Brown’s plans for a generation of 10 new “eco-towns” have been further undermined after their financial prospects were questioned for the first time by the government’s own advisers. 2009-03-26T15:22:26+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/5114784/Eco-towns-cannot-go-ahead-without-support-of-local-community-say-townhalls.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/5114784/Eco-towns-cannot-go-ahead-without-support-of-local-community-say-townhalls.html#When:09:16:41Z Eco-towns could be illegal because of a failure to consult properly, according to legal advice given to town halls. 2009-04-07T09:16:41+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8125663.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8125663.stm#When:08:32:46Z 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. 2009-06-30T08:32:46+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8152985.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8152985.stm#When:08:44:57Z 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. 2009-07-16T08:44:57+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6716256.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6716256.ece#When:07:42:59Z 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. 2009-08-25T07:42:59+00:00 http://england.shelter.org.uk/news/october_2009/housebuilding_figures_down/_nocache http://england.shelter.org.uk/news/october_2009/housebuilding_figures_down/_nocache#When:15:08:54Z 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. 2009-10-28T15:08:54+00:00 http://www.cabe.org.uk/publications/grey-to-green?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_content=589867627&utm_campaign=GreytoGreenshiftingfundingfromgreytogreeninfrastructure+_+ujuitj&utm_term=GreytoGreenhowweshiftfundingandskillstogreenourcities http://www.cabe.org.uk/publications/grey-to-green?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_content=589867627&utm_campaign=GreytoGreenshiftingfundingfromgreytogreeninfrastructure+_+ujuitj&utm_term=GreytoGreenhowweshiftfundingandskillstogreenourcities#When:11:32:52Z 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. 2009-11-26T11:32:52+00:00 http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article6992053.ece http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article6992053.ece#When:10:40:49Z 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. 2010-01-18T10:40:49+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8504050.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8504050.stm#When:18:11:44Z 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. 2010-02-09T18:11:44+00:00