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Legal Challenge to eco-towns  
The local Government Association (www.lga.gov.uk) which represents over 460 local authorities and councils has sought legal opinion on the Government's approach to eco-towns.

In a Joint Opinion, (PDF, 29 pages)  John Steel QC and James Strachan explain that there are “sound grounds” for seeking judicial review of the Government’s approach to delivering eco-towns."
“We are of the opinion that the government’s proposed promotion of eco-towns through a new Planning Policy Statement (PPS) is contrary to the basic principle – expressed through the planning legislation -  of the plan-led system of development control.”

“This conflict is all the more acute because the concept of an eco-town does not appear to be materially different from the concept of providing housing in new settlements in an environmentally sustainable way, something which is already recognised in PPS3 on Housing. There therefore does not appear to be any compelling justification or rationale for seeking to promote eco-towns outside the existing statutory plan-led system, other than the government’s wish to avoid the system due to the need for proper scrutiny, which takes time.”