Creating car-free areas, designing open spaces and allotments, forming community trusts, and rainwater harvesting are just a few of the issues tackled in the first guidelines on eco-towns.

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has launched a series of worksheets in collaboration with Communities and Local Government.

Developed through a series of expert panel seminars, the worksheets set out recommendations for planners and developers of eco-towns in both public and private sectors.

TCPA CEO Gideon Amos explained: “Eco-towns, because they are new settlements, present opportunities to create a different kind of town from scratch, meeting the highest standards in terms of sustainable development and minimising carbon footprints, social justice, and inclusive communities.

“These worksheets will guide the masterplanning of eco-towns and can be used by planners and developers to achieve the level of ambition everybody wishes to see coming from this initiative.”

Download the following:

• Foreword by Housing and Planning Minister Caroline Flint
• Introduction by TCPA Chief Executive Gideon Amos
• Transport worksheet
• Community worksheet
• Water cycle management worksheet

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:10:56 +0000