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Eco-town
campaign heads to 10 Downing Street A delegation from Communities Against Ford Eco-Town (CAFE) will be going to Number 10 Downing Street on Thursday 2 October at 12.00 to deliver a petition signed by more than 10,000 people. They will be joined by West Sussex MPs Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs) and Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton). The petition gives local people another chance to make their views known on the proposal to build at least 5,000 houses on greenfield land at Ford in West Sussex . The campaign has already attracted widespread support from local residents, businesses, councillors and MPs. In June, around 2,000 residents of Ford, Yapton, Climping, Barnham, Arundel and other neighbouring towns and villages attended a rally in Yapton and then marched on footpaths across the fields where the houses would be built. They were joined by TV presenter Ben Fogle . Developers, who originally claimed that the site was brownfield land, have been allowed to bypass local councils and normal planning procedures under the Government's eco-town plans. Earlier this month, the High Court granted permission for a judicial review into the Government’s eco-towns programme, offering renewed hope to campaigners against the proposal for Ford.
Housing Minister Caroline
Flint has indicated that she will announce her decision on the final
shortlist of eco-towns sometime in the New Year. |
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