Campaigns & Policy
Eco Towns
The TCPA and the Association's former Chairman, Prof David Lock CBE, are advising the Department for Communities and Local Government on the criteria for new Eco-Towns, announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in June 2007.
Eco Towns will be new settlements, rather than urban extensions, and are in addition to the existing pro-growth agenda – complimenting the Communities Plan and being incorporated into the Government’s Growth Points Initiative. They will be a further step change in the quantity and quality of housing that is needed.
At this initial stage the TCPA will be outlining the scope for Eco Towns, providing practical advice to Government in the wake of politically stimulated growth. In scoping the preliminary criteria for Eco Towns the TCPA believe it is appropriate to start with an understanding of sustainability as a “three legged stool”: in addition to environmental considerations, about which there has been growing interest and good practice, there are the less well understood but no less important aspects of social and economic sustainable development to consider.
TCPA members are invited to join our Zero Carbon Development Task Team, which is providing input into the TCPA's work in this area. For further information and to learn more about this exciting new initiative please contact Alex House
Useful resources:
Communities and Local Government Eco-towns Consultation Paper:(External link)
Department for Transport – Menu of Options (Adobe PDF, 418Kb)
Transport worksheet (Adobe PDF, 2.1Mb), (Microsoft Word, 3.4Mb)
Community worksheet (Adobe PDF, 2Mb), (Microsoft Word, 1.6Mb)
Water cycle management worksheet (Adobe PDF, 71Kb), (Microsoft Word, 800Kb)
Worksheet foreword by Housing and Planning Minister Caroline Flint (Adobe PDF, 61Kb) (Microsoft Word, 96Kb)
Worksheet introduction by TCPA Chief Executive Gideon Amos (Adobe PDF, 57Kb), (Microsoft Word, )
Information and resources for organisations interested in bidding for eco-towns status
eco-towns bidder checklist
eco-towns bidder FAQ
Best Practice in Urban Extensions and New Settlements recently published by the TCPA
PRESENTATION OF THE TCPA INITIAL SCOPING REPORT - TCPA Chairman, Professor David Lock CBE’s presentation at the Government’s “Growth Summit”
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ECO-TOWNS PROSPECTUS http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp
Further resources, updates and information will be available on this web page in the future.