FORD ECO-TOWN: Ford is NOT chosen as an eco-town

The locations of four new eco-towns have been announced as part of scaled-down government plans.

They are Rackheath, Norfolk; north west Bicester, Oxfordshire; Bordon and Whitehill, Hampshire; and the China Clay Community near St Austell, Cornwall.

Gordon Brown had announced plans to create hundreds of thousands of homes in 10 "carbon neutral" communities.

But the zero-carbon developments - some earmarked on open countryside - have caused protests and a legal challenge.

The proposals, which still need local planning approval, included 4,000 homes on the disused airfield at Rackheath, near Norwich, and 5,000 in the Cornwall town.

Construction would be under way by 2016, later than originally envisaged.

A second wave of towns could follow, including Ford, though some more contentious ones may be dropped.

For more reaction see the Bognor Regis Observer on sale July 23.

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