The plan to build 10 new eco-towns across the UK has been beset by fierce local opposition and concerns over the state of the housing market. But there has been little examination of the towns' green credentials. Robert Booth went to two of the proposed sites to discover how 'eco' they will be.
By the banks of the fast-flowing Arun, fields of corn ripen in the summer showers and peas soak up the late evening sun. It is a picture of productive plenty on the fertile farmlands of southern England.
But in less than two years all this could be torn up by fleets of diggers to create an eco-town - Gordon Brown's utopian, but increasingly fragile, vision for housing in the 21st century. Click here for more...
Four days after helping organise a protest march across the West Sussex countryside, Vicky Newman remains buoyed by the turnout against a planned eco-town near the historic town of Arundel.
About 2,000 people are estimated to have joined the march – organised by the Campaign Against Ford Eco-town (Cafe) – in early June. ‘We had people of all ages. It wasn’t just the blue rinse brigade,’ stresses Newman, the group’s vice chair. Click here for more...
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