Plans for proposed eco-towns coming under further scrutiny

A second round of formal consultations has begun into proposed eco-towns, which include Ford in West Sussex and Bordon-Whitehill in Hampshire. The towns are intended to tackle the problems of housing shortages and climate change, have to be carbon zero as a whole, be an 'exemplar' in one area of environmental development and have at least 30 per cent affordable housing. Click here for more...