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9:58am Friday 20th June 2008

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I remember when all this was fields! This is something we may be saying about a big chunk of the Vale and North Cotswolds, which is currently under a dark shadow from the development of the so-called eco-town at Long Marston.

No-one denies that housing is needed and Wychavon District Council, along with other authorities, is busy trying to fulfil those needs with its current South Worcestershire Joint Core Strategy. Yet eco-town opposition is being labelled nimbyism and scaremongering.

But where is the proper consultation and will our views count for anything?

advertisementThe Government is in danger of bulldozing through this Middle Quinton proposal while lining-up the bulldozers. Eco-town our carbon-foot!

What's the use of building a carbon-neutral, environmentally- friendly town in the middle of nowhere with no facilities?

There is just 11 days to the end of the first phase of the so-called consultation process.

Yes, it may be that the Long Marston option is not picked but would you want to bet 20 years of chaos on our roads and crushed infrastructure on it? Whether for or against, the Journal says don't delay, have your say...