Posted on June 24, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
Plans to build an “eco-town” at Long Marston have been heavily criticised by a panel of experts which was drawn together by the Government to assess its merits.
Having studied the proposal for 6,000 homes to be built at the former air base on the Worcestershire-Warwickshire border, the panel blasted the idea for its poor [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
A Government Panel set up by the Department of Communities and Local Government has given the thumbs down to the Curborough eco-town proposals. Michael Fabricant says: “The Government Panel has slammed the Curborough consortium application for being a re-hash of previous planning applications. It correctly identifies transport and other infrastructure problems with [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
Conservative MP for Lichfield, Michael Fabricant, comments on the latest revelations in the proposed eco-town for Curborough:
It has now been revealed that developers seeking to construct the eco-town at Curborough are also proposing an “energy park” to make the town carbon neutral, and this will include a waste incineration plant and the construction of wind [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
Speaking to a packed meeting at Evesham town hall on Friday night, 13th June, Mid Worcestershire MP Peter Luff set out the top ten reasons to oppose the proposed new “eco” town for the Vale of Evesham at the Long Marston site. He said these were;
1. The town, if built [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the centre of Lichfield to protest against plans for a new eco-town. The protesters took to the streets of the Staffordshire city on Saturday amid growing concern about proposals for an environmentally-friendly town at Curborough, on the outskirts of Lichfield.
Conservative MP Michael Fabricant said: “We acknowledge the need for [...]
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