06 March 2009
Housing minister Margaret Beckett has extended the consultation period on the government’s controversial eco-towns scheme until April 30. Beckett said: ‘I know this is an issue that raises a lot of strong opinion on all sides. I have extended the deadline to ensure that all parties, irrespective of their views, are given the full opportunity to have their say, and I urge everyone to respond to this consultation.’ A viability study on the proposals submitted by developers is to be published shortly, after the High Court rejected demands by objectors to hold a judicial review of the proposals.
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