Cambridge eco town plans scrapped

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Plans to construct an eco-town in Hanley Grange have been abandoned.

In a new development, the Wellcome Trust - which owns most of the land in question - revealed it will not sell the land to Tesco, which was intending to construct 12,800 houses in the area.

One of 15 such towns initially proposed, the site had received strong opposition from local people and MPs.

Project director for the development Nick West said: "We are naturally disappointed that the Wellcome Trust has decided not to join us in exploring the opportunity for an eco-town at Hanley Grange."

He went on to say that the project team will now consider the options for moving forward, adding that no decision have yet been made.

Recently, plans for other eco towns in Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire have been opposed by the East of England Regional Assembly, which claims they would be too far from jobs and public transport.
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