Eco-Town News
15:14 - 01 August 2008
A GOVERNMENT panel has offered expert opinion on the eco-towns proposed for Hinxton and Elsenham, just as a new Hanley Grange masterplan is unveiled by developers. A report published by the Eco-Towns Challenge Panel, a group of sustainability and urban...
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11:16 - 27 June 2008
ON a whistle stop tour through some of Essex s most beautiful countryside, the Government s housing minister defended her big eco ideas. En route from her offices in Westminster to the rural setting of Thaxted, minister for housing Caroline Flint must hav... Full Story »
15:57 - 20 June 2008
TIME is running out for people to tell the Government exactly what they think about an 8000-home eco-town that could be built on their doorstep. Chairman of the Stop Hanley Grange campaign group, Cllr Julie Redfern, urged people to write to the Governmen... Full Story »
15:45 - 20 June 2008
Housing minister Caroline Flint is coming to Saffron Walden on Thursday to meet councillors and discuss the proposed eco-town near Elsenham. The cabinet member will talk to concerned councillors from all political groups as well as relevant council office... Full Story »
10:59 - 20 May 2008
CROWDS of people flocked to the Red Lion pub in Hinxton on Monday afternoon, after word got round that TV s Top Gear team were in town. Villagers gathered outside the pub s car park at 4.45pm, digital cameras at the ready to photograph television s favour... Full Story »
13:44 - 16 April 2008
A UNITED front has been presented in opposition to a new 8000-home eco-town that would devastate the way of life in many rural villages. South Cambridgeshire MP Andrew Lansley called a meeting on Tuesday night at Whittlesford Memorial Hall, of all the p... Full Story »
14:48 - 09 April 2008
THE proposed eco-town at Hanley Grange has provoked comments from a wide range of people and organisations. While the new town could bring both benefits and drawbacks to the area, the response from various groups has been practically exclusively negative.... Full Story »
12:21 - 09 April 2008
AN ECO-town at Elsenham would be considered bad news by many people in the area, but an additional one planned for Hinxton could affect them even more. The Hanley Grange site on the Government s shortlist is both nearer to Saffron Walden, and larger, tha... Full Story »