How can a town be ‘eco’ when it involves building on countryside?
• The eco-town prospectus published in July 2007 set out criteria against which new eco-town developments would be assessed. It recognised both the need for new housing but also the step change that is needed across the construction sector to make every home zero-carbon by 2016. • Leicestershire, like other areas, suffers from a chronic affordable housing shortage. ‘Eco’ in this instance is not about refusing to build on greenfield land, it is about recognising that where it has to happen, it is done so in the most sustainable way. Affordable housing and suitable housing targets are not being met and there is not enough previously developed land to meet needs.
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