Entries from The Greenhouse tagged with 'Housing'
More houses means not enough trains
Back in Sussex it's always a joy to read the local free papers that are crammed through the door while you've been away. Until they tell you that yet more houses are due to be built on your doorstep thanks...
Not Eco Towns but Eco Villages
CJ recently reported that planning permission has been granted for a 1,000 home Eco Village in Ashford. Cue a big hooray from sustainability enthusiasts?...
A sustainable future by design
The breadth of the impact of the built environment and therefore the construction industry on sustainability was brought home by two articles I've come across recently....
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