Eco-town controversy
Updated on 28 June 2008
The government wants ten new "eco-towns" to be purpose-built from scratch in the next ten years.
They're supposed to be environmentally-friendly, but critics say plans are riding rough-shod over local processes and have the flimsiest of green credentials.
One of them is planned for Cambridgeshire, where a consortium of property developers, backed by Tesco, wants to build 8,000 homes on fields.
Tesco wants to build a superstore there too, and has been in negotiations with the government about the develpment.
