Eco-towns get the go-ahead
Updated on 16 July 2009
The government approves locations for four new carbon neutral "eco-towns" after protests and legal objections lead to a scale down of the housing scheme.
The four locations announced today were in place of the original ten that had been planned.
Protests and legal objections to many of the ' carbon neutral' developments led to scaling down of the schemes. Building work is scheduled to start by 2016.
The four that will go ahead are:
- Rackheath disused airfield in Norfolk
- North west Bicester in Oxfordshire
- Whitehill Bordon in Hampshire
- China Clay Community near St Austell, Cornwall.
