eco-towns

THE flagship eco-town plan for Cornwall has been put back again amid claims ministers do not know what they are doing.

The consultation on Gordon Brown’s pledge for 10 eco-towns across the country – including one in St Austell – will not now close until April. It was originally due to finish a week ago. It means a decision on which projects, if any, will be built could be months away.

While Cornwall’s clay mines proposal has attracted broad support, it risks being kicked into the long grass by legal wrangling and high profile protests at other sites elsewhere in the country.

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