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Article: Eco-town approach may be unlawful.

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July 23, 2008
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The Government's approach to delivering a series of eco-towns could be "unlawful", lawyers advising local councils have warned.

Ministers are using a new planning policy statement (PPS), to be published later in the summer, to set out the standards and potential locations for the environmentally sustainable new settlements.

Read more about the proposed eco-town in Doncaster: Eco-town proposed

But lawyers engaged by the Local Government Association (LGA) said the proposals go against the principle of the current system of development through plans drawn up by local authorities, and could be open to legal challenge.

John Steel QC and ...

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