Third-Party Organisations
- Those For and Against the development of Middle Quinton
- The Country Land & Business Association responds to the Government's Eco-town consultation
- Britain needs to build the right houses in the right places
- The Renewable Energy Centre is shocked that homes in Eco Towns will not be zero carbon
- Eco Towns are Not the Answer, says Federation of Master Builders
- Joint response from Sustrans, Campaign for Better Transport, Friends of the Earth England and Carfree UK to the consultation paper Eco-towns - Living a Greener Future
- Analysis of the Eco-towns shortlist
- An open letter to MP Caroline Flint
- New call for Eco-towns public inquiries
- Eco towns - The zero evidence footprint
National Politics
- Liberal Democrats oppose Government eco-towns policy
- Lessons to be learnt from the New Towns, say MPs
- Government must let local people make planning desicions - Opik
- Housing minister Caroline Flint promises to visit eco-town site
- Liberal Democrat MP Julia Goldsworthy gives her opinion on Eco-towns
- Eco-towns ride roughshod over local authorities - Opik
- Notes and recommendations from session 1 of Eco-town Challenge
- Respond to Caroline Flint MP
- Other statements - National politics
- Experts challenge developers to raise their game on eco-towns
Local Politics
- Legal challenge to eco-towns
- Luff slams Government Eco-town survey spin
- The English Regions Network voice Eco-town concerns
- Eco-towns will "become eco-slums of the future" warns new LGA report
- Other statements - Local politicians
- Eco-towns - LGA letter to local council leaders
- Eco town plans must not ignore local people - LGA
LATEST Opinion
Liberal Democrats oppose Government eco-towns policy
The Liberal Democrats have reaffirmed the party's opposition to the Government's eco-town policy
Those For and Against the development of Middle Quinton
Find out who is for and against the Middle Quinton eco-town
Luff slams Government Eco-town survey spin
MP Peter Luff brands the Government as being "staggeringly deceitful" over Eco-towns
Lessons to be learnt from the New Towns, say MPs
MPs criticise Government over lack of evaluation concerning New Towns
The Country Land & Business Association responds to the Government's Eco-town consultation
Download the full report here...
Britain needs to build the right houses in the right places
Centre for Cities calls for the Government to fulfill their pledge on housing
Government must let local people make planning desicions - Opik
Give more power to local people says Liberal Democrats Housing Minster Lembit Opik
Housing minister Caroline Flint promises to visit eco-town site
Housing Minster to visit eco-town site after acknowledging several major issues
Liberal Democrat MP Julia Goldsworthy gives her opinion on Eco-towns
"Eco-towns run the risk of becoming broken communities" says Goldsworthy
The Renewable Energy Centre is shocked that homes in Eco Towns will not be zero carbon
"Government are already sidling out of their own policies to create greener homes..."
Eco Towns are Not the Answer, says Federation of Master Builders
The Federation of Master Builders gives its response to the Governments eco-town plans
Joint response from Sustrans, Campaign for Better Transport, Friends of the Earth England and Carfree UK to the consultation paper Eco-towns - Living a Greener Future
Read the response here...
Eco-towns ride roughshod over local authorities - Opik
Liberal Democrat Shadow Housing Minister, Lembit Opik calls Eco-towns a Labour "ruse"
Eco-towns will "become eco-slums of the future" warns new LGA report
The Local Government Association brands eco-towns as being "significantly flawed"
Notes and recommendations from session 1 of Eco-town Challenge
Download the notes and recommendations on Middle Quinton laid out by the Communities and Local Government Panel
Analysis of the Eco-towns shortlist
Carfree UK gives its analysis of the Eco-towns shortlist - read the summary here
An open letter to MP Caroline Flint
Environmental groups write an open letter to Minister for Housing Caroline Flint expressing concerns over the eco-town shortlist of locations
New call for Eco-towns public inquiries
Read the full press release from the Town and Country Planning Association
Eco towns - The zero evidence footprint
Professor Nick Bosanquet and Elizabeth Truss of think tank Reform call for the Government to examine alternatives to the eco towns proposals
Pressure group fears eco-town traffic nightmare
The Campaign for Better Transport has said that any of the 15 eco-town sites would become a traffic hotspot if Government plans get the go-ahead
Experts challenge developers to raise their game on eco-towns
A panel of leading figures from design, the environment and transport will recommend improvements to the eco-town bids
Drifting Apart: Report shows why Government housing policy is failing
Research by the CPRE suggests that well designed high-density living within existing towns and villages can build sustainable communities
Eco-towns are a red herring, says Federation of Master Builders
Hundreds of small eco-projects across the country would be preferable to creating 10 new towns, says the Federation of Master Builders
Eco-towns are a drop in the ocean, say Friends of the Earth
Environmental organisation Friends of the Earth says that eco-towns represent a very small part of the Government's wider house building programme
Planning Officers Society Position Statement on eco-towns
Read the full text of the Planning Officers Society 12-point Position Statement on the Government's so-called 'eco-towns'
Other statements - Third-party groups
Statements concerning the eco-towns plans and the Middle Quinton proposal from representatives of third-party organisations
Other statements - Local politicians
Statements concerning the eco-towns plans and the Middle Quinton proposal from local councillors
Press Release from the CPRE
Countryside campaigners Campaign to Protect Rural England expressed deep disappointment at the shortlist of proposed eco-town schemes
Royal Town Planning Institute's press release on eco-towns
The Government risks 'Stepford Wives suburbia' if it fails to link new eco-towns with existing communities
Eco town plans must not ignore local people - LGA
Council leaders today warned proposals to build new eco towns must have the support of local people, meet targets to cut carbon emissions and not bypass the normal planning procedures
Press Release from Peter Luff MP
Mid Worcestershire MP Peter Luff comments on protest meetings held at Honeybourne and Mickleton on April 25
Other statements - National politics
Statements concerning the eco-towns plans and the Middle Quinton proposal from national politicians and ministers
Eco-towns - LGA letter to local council leaders
A letter from Sir Simon Milton, chairman of the Local Government Association, to local authority leaders, regarding the Government's eco-town plans
Liberal Democrats eco-town press release
A press release from Liberal Democrat Shadow Housing Minister Lembit Opik about the Government's eco-town proposals
Twelve experts sign up for eco-town panel
A Government press release announcing that 12 experts have signed up to provide advice and help shape 'the biggest new towns programme in the UK for 40 years'
The Government's eco-town consultation document
Download the Government's consultation document about the eco-town project which outlines what happens next for the 15 shortlisted locations
