With the consultation on the 15 shortlisted eco town locations across the country due to close on the 30 June, Cotswold MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has sent a detailed letter of opposition to the proposed site at Long Marston, also known as Middle Quinton, which borders on the Northern edge of the Cotswold constituency.

The MP today commented “My opposition to this proposal is well known and I have been flooded with letters of opposition from my constituents. I also attended a packed meeting in Mickleton where residents clearly expressed there feelings for this ill though out ecotown. I do not believe the “eco” credentials of the town stand up to scrutiny, in last Thursdays debate Caroline Flint admitted that the housing within the eco town will not have to be of the same high standard required of all other housing by 2016. Furthermore the rural location means that there will be far more commuting to work by car.”

The Conservative Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps MP is co-ordinating a day of protests on the 30 June in Westminster which will culminate in the delivery of a petition opposing all the suggested eco-towns. Mr Clifton-Brown is looking forward to further adding his voice to the protests.

Letters to the Eco Town Consultation should be sent to:

Eco-towns Team
Housing and Growth Programmes
Communities and Local Government
2/H9 Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU

With copies to Caroline Flint MP at the Department for Communities and Local Government and to Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP