Eco Town News in Local Media

WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR
08 May 08

Eco town details revealed
Leicester Mercury

Insulting our intelligence
Leicester Mercury mailbox

How can report be unbiased
Leicester Mercury mailbox

07 May 08

Extra time sought to comment on eco-town proposal
Leicester Mercury

Its brownfield deception. Letter from CPRE Leicestershire.
Leicester Mercury mailbox

05 May 08
Eco-town is danger of becoming eco-ghetto. View from the Bishop of Leicester.
Leicester Mercury
23 Apr 08
Give your views on what?
Leicester Mercury
22 Apr 08
Eco-town : the public is being kept in the dark
Leicester Mercury mailbox
19 Apr 08

Extreme Dissatisfaction with the Co-op eco-town website
CASCET Press Release

View the Co-op web site for yourself.

16 Apr 08
Fight eco-town, say planning expert
Leicester Mercury
15 Apr 08

Be alert to the risk of floods
Leicester Mercury

'The number one danger for City'. More on serious flood risk.
Leicester Mercury

14 Apr 08 Eco-town developers to be appraised by TV presenters
Leicester Mercury
12 Apr 08 Plans for eco town rushed, says council
Leicester Mercury
10 Apr 08 New Road is 'only option'
Leicester Mercury
09 Apr 08

Eco-town call for cash
Leicester Mercury

Demo over eco-town secrecy
BBC News

08 Apr 08 Web site set up to explain eco-town
Leicester Mercury
05 Apr 08 Aeroclub seeks legal advice over eco-town plan
Leicester Mercury
04 Apr 08

Eco-town fight could cost £1m
Leicester Mercury

City must have say in Homes Plan
Note that all Labour councillors and Labour MPs now want to cosy up to the Co-op. Someone's been having words have they?
Leicester Mercury

Pledge to win people's backing
Co-op: "we believe passionately in the project". OR: "Its worth a lot of money and we don't care if anyone objects".
Leicester Mercury

03 Apr 08

THE BAD NEWS: "Pennbury" Eco-town is shortlisted !

Eco-town makes the short list
Leicester Mercury

First shortlist announced
BBC Radio 4

'Eco-town' shortlist draws green and local anger
Times

Map of the 15 proposed Eco-Town sites
Google Maps

02 Apr 08

Eco-town shortlist to be released
Leicester Mercury

We are expecting the announcement to start at 9.30am tomorrow. Let's hope it's a "NO!"

01 Apr 08

The Economic Impacts of Immigration.
House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs.
In particular view Chapter 6, Rising Population Density: Impacts on Housing and Wider Welfare Issues

This report has received widespread coverage in the news and with a great deal of analysis of the points raised.
While it's a potentially sensitive area, it's worth everyone's attention. Not least the Government !

31 Mar 08 Brown's 'eco-towns' won't be green
Telegraph
30 Mar 08 Eco-towns will break Gordon Brown’s carbon pledge
The Times
24 Mar 08 15mph speed limit for eco-towns
BBC
22 Mar 08 Eco-town protest backed by 10,000
Leicester Mercury
21 Mar 08 Secret discussions held over eco-town held last year
Leicester Mercury
16 Mar 08 Home is where the heat is: why old can be as good as new. Revamping old homes is greener than building efficient new ones.
The Observer
13 Mar 08 Soulsby speaks out against eco-town proposal. Finally. Now all 4 MPs of the most directly affected areas in the City and the County have voiced their opposition to the plans.
Leicester Mercury
11 Mar 08 Councillor believes eco town bid will fail to make the short list. And the Co-op make another strange statement.
Leicester Merucry
10 Mar 08 "One Car"rule would promote better living. More simplistic thinking from the Co-op.
Leicester Mercury
08 Mar 08

Greens oppose "eco town" plan
Leicester Mercury

Wildlife that could vanish
Leicester Mercury mailbox

06 Mar 08 Disastrous effect on our Roads
Leicester Mercury mailbox
03 Mar 08 James, 10, says no to eco-town. As do 160 of his school mates.
Leicester Mercury
01 Mar 08 CASCET turns up the volume with the "Big Noise"
CASCET Press release
28 Feb 08 Protesters see wider picture
Leicester Mercury
27 Feb 08

Battle lines drawn over eco-towns
BBC News 24

Eco-town could see old ring-road scheme revived
Leicester Mercury

On-line petition signed by 3000 protestors
Leicester Mercury

25 Feb 08 Down with the-eco town
Leicester Mercury
24 Feb 08

Protest over eco-town plans
Sunday Express

Same article appears in New Scotsman, Liverpool Daily Post, Daily Star, and numerous others!

23 Feb 08

CASCET PROTEST No.5: 500 people attend march and rally at Stoughton, and form a V for victory!

Government has finger in this pie
Leicester Mercury mailbox

Use Imagination
Leicester Mercury mailbox

Many questions unanswered
Leicester Mercury mailbox