The “eco-towns” policy promoted by Gordon Brown has suffered a setback with an official report warning that many of the schemes are little more than ordinary housing estates with a green label attached.
The report, to be released tomorrow, says some schemes, whose critics include Dame Judi Dench, need to do far more to tackle pollution and congestion. Some need to be redrawn, while others have no chance of being accepted as eco towns.
A source said: “Some are little more than ‘greenwash’. Out of 15 shortlisted proposals, we were not convinced there were 10 that had earned the right to be given the go-ahead.” Read more here...
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