Question Time

Just been watching failed Housing Minister, Caroline Flint on BBC Question Time - she came across as extremely inarticulate stealthy and bitch!

Shadow minister praises efforts to halt eco-town

Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps has backed residents in their fight against a Ford eco-town. Mr Shapps spent three hours talking to villagers about their campaign to stop the 5,000 home development.

He described the work of the Communities Against Ford Eco-Town group, parish councils and their MPs as extremely well organised. Click here for more...

Court challenge over eco-towns plan

Campaigners from the Shires are launching a High Court challenge over the Government's eco-towns project. They argue that there was a lack of proper consultation and the policy to build "environmentally-friendly" towns to meet housing needs is legally flawed.

The two-day challenge at London's High Court is being led by the Better Accessible Responsible Development (BARD) Campaign, which is opposed to 6,000 new homes being built near Long Marston, Warwickshire. Click here for more...

Selection of shortlisted sites in spotlight

A judicial review into the process of selecting the proposed eco-town sites has been taking place in the High Court Yesterday (Wednesday, January 21) and today. It was launched by a protest group against one of the schemes in Warwickshire against the government's methods for compiling the shortlist of intended locations.

District council planning officer Neal Crowther told the sub-committee that the campaigners claimed the method of compiling the list was neither transparent nor democratic. "If they win, there would need to be complete re-starting of the eco-town process," he stated.

It's unknown when the case result will be announced.