| 19Feb08 |
Councils want plan for eco-town thrown out
Scrap all plans for eco-towns |
| 18Feb08 | Hundreds protest against eco-town plan Leicester Mercury |
| 16 Feb 08 |
Eco-town protests are to be stepped up
Demonstration over eco-town plan |
| 14 Feb 08 |
Valentine's plea by eco-town opponents
Alternatives to eco-town project |
| 13 Feb 08 | Eco-town an eco-disaster. Oxford University academic speaks. Leicester Mercury. |
| 11 Feb 08 |
NO to the eco-town!
Fight together |
| 10 Feb 08 |
Grass roots rise against the eco-towns
Secret eco-town plans spark protest |
| 09 Feb 08 |
500 to 600 people attend a protest walk across the Co-op estate. The message is simple: NO!
Call to give view on eco-town
Uncoordinated planning |
| 08 Feb 08 | Eco-town expansion fears. (15,000 homes is just a start) Leicester Mercury |
| 07 Feb 08 | Eco-town fighting fund passes £1000 in a few days. Leicester Mercury |
| 06 Feb 08 |
Eco-town homes aren't needed
Eco-town is just a sham |
| 05 Feb 08 | Too many road and rail problems Leicester Mercury |
| 04 Feb 08 |
Villagers unite to fight 'green' town
Co-op has been rattled
Labour's Gain (Labour Party is funded by Co-op)
Greenbelt will be lost forever
Unnecessary and unwanted |
| 02 Feb 08 | The secret eco-town timetable Leicester Mercury |
| 02 Feb 08 | On Saturday 2nd February, a protest demonstration was held outside the Midlands Co-op store in Houghton-on-the-Hill. Some 200 people turned out to wave banners and placards and Alan Duncan MP and Edward Garnier MP were joined by County Councillors Kevin Feltham (also Chairman of CASCET), Simon Galton (also Vice-chairman of CASCET) and District Councillors Steve Charlish and Graham Spendlove-Mason. The event was co-organised by Steve Charlish and the Hon. Secretary of CASCET, Dr Tony Bentley. A black coffin was used to highlight the death of rural village life if this Pennbury location is selected. This follows on from a similar demonstration held outside the Co-op store in Great Glen on 19th January. |
| 01 Feb 08 | A packed public meeting of 340 people on 1st February in the Coplow Centre Hall in Billesdon listened to speeches from both local MPs, Alan Duncan and Edward Garnier, both local County Councillors, Kevin Feltham (Chairman of CASCET) and Simon Galton (Vice-chairman of CASCET), Andy Robinson, the Assistant Chief Executive of Leicestershire County Council, and Michael Goddard, former secretary of CASM, Campaign Against Stretton Magna, which fifteen years ago successfully fought off the last bid by the Co-op to build on their agricultural estate south east of Leicester. CASCET are asking people to contribute towards a campaign fighting fund of £50,000 to fund campaign material and the professional help from planners and lawyers that we will need for a formal response should this location be shortlisted. |
| 29 Jan 08 |
Term "eco-town" is just more spin
Motive is greed
Confusion over different Co-ops
Choice is yours |
| 26 Jan 08 |
Eco-town plan could hit city regeneration
Bishop Tim Stevens speaks on Eco Town proposal |
| 25 Jan 08 | Secret meeting held over eco-town plans Leicester Mercury |
| 24 Jan 08 | Joining forces to fight eco-town bid Harborough Mail |
| 21 Jan 08 |
This will destroy the villages around here
Passionate about preserving our heritage |
| 19 Jan 08 | The 1st protest was held outside the Co-Op store in Great Glen. More to come (many more if necessary)! |
| 18 Jan 08 |
A private meeting was held at Billesdon Coplow Center. This included parish councillors, district councillors and also MPs representing the directly affected areas. Leicester City representatives will be included going forward. |
| 17 Jan 08 |
MP to join protesters over eco-town plan
Disgrace over eco-town (Aero club will fight) |
| 15 Jan 08 |
1000 opposing eco-town
It's green spin |
| 08 Jan 08 |
Friends of the Earth joins fight against "eco-towns" |
| 07 Jan 08 | Terrible implications of eco-town Letter in Leicester Mercury |
| 05 Jan 08 | Regional bosses in fear of eco-towns "disaster" Leicester Mercury |
| 04 Jan 08 |
Public Meeting arranged to oppose eco-town
Petitioners oppose eco-town plan |
| 28 Dec 07 |
Campaigners say Government should 'protect green wedge'. |
| 27 Dec 07 | Plan is driven by profit Letter in Leicester Mercury |
| 22 Dec 07 | Eco-town will ruin green lung Leicester Mercury |
| 20 Dec 07 |
Group set up to fight eco-town
Edward Garnier writes to Hazel Blears: do not let co-op's so called "eco" town destroy rural harborough. |
| 17 Dec 07 |
Councillors Kevin Feltham and Simon Galton held a meeting so that the affected parish councils could be briefed on the Co-op's proposals.
Eco-town fight goes to PM |
| 14 Dec 07 | Dismay over plans for eco-town Letter in Leicester Mercury |
| 10 Dec 07 | Go brown before green Leicester Mercury |
| 06 Dec 07 | Planners ignore looming oil crisis Letter in Leicester Mercury |
| 05 Dec 07 | Fight eco-town scheme Letter in Leicester Mercury |
| 03 Dec 07 | Developers want rail link for new eco-town Leicester Mercury |
| 30 Nov 07 |
Eco-town is horrifying prospect
Eco-town may be built on farming estate |
| 29 Nov 07 |
MP brings eco-town concerns to Commons
Eco-dream is more akin to a nightmare
Glen County Councilor attacks flawed "eco-town" plans
Co-Op's reports on it's proposal |
| 28 Nov 07 |
Mono-rail may be part of eco-town plans
Garnier raises Co-Op eco-town proposal in Commons |
| 22 Nov 07 | Eco-town briefing behind closed doors Harborough Mail |
| 19 Nov 07 | Officials fear eco-town decision BBC News |
| 16 Nov | How green is our eco-town? BBC East Midlands Politics Show |
| 15 Nov 07 | Fight eco-town plans says MP Harborough Mail |
| 09 Nov 07 |
Eco-town proposal causes dismay
Eco-town 'out of our hands' |
| 8 Nov 07 |
Eco-town may have 20,000 new homes
Garnier raises concerns about Co-Op's eco-town proposal in Commons |