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Eco Towns
Britain’s environmental heritage at risk, warns CPRE
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
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Britain’s environmental heritage at risk, warns CPRE
MPs say downturn could save greenfield land from developers
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.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / MPs say downturn could save greenfield land from developers
New question marks over eco-towns
Nearly all the locations earmarked for new eco-towns have question marks about them, ministers have acknowledged.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / New question marks over eco-towns
The Environmental Audit Committee release new report on government housebuilding plans
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) release 'Greener homes for the future? An environmental analysis of the Government’s housebuilding plans'
Concreting the countryside / In The News / The Environmental Audit Committee release new report on government housebuilding plans
Eco-towns plan undermined by official report
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.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Eco-towns plan undermined by official report
Eco-towns cannot go ahead without support of local community say townhalls
Eco-towns could be illegal because of a failure to consult properly, according to legal advice given to town halls.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Eco-towns cannot go ahead without support of local community say townhalls
Four sites to become ‘eco towns’
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.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Four sites to become ‘eco towns’