Elsenham has been identified by Government on a shortlist for Eco-towns as a potential location for an Eco-town of at least 5,000 dwellings. This shortlist is published in Eco-towns: Living a Greener Future by the Department for Communities and Local Government and can be found by clicking here.

Eco-towns will be small new towns of at least 5,000 homes intended to exploit the potential to create a complete new settlement and to achieve zero carbon development and more sustainable living using the best new design and architecture.

Eco-towns: Living a Greener Future sets out the timeline for the Eco-towns process:



We submitted an Eco-town Expression of Interest and accompanying technical reports to the Department for Communities and Local Government in October 2007.

The documents submitted can be downloaded below:

		Land North-East of Elsenham Eco-town Expression of Interest PDF Document: 2MB

		Elsenham Ecological Assessment PDF Document: 9.4MB

		Elsenham Settlement Study PDF Document: 7.3MB

		Elsenham Landscape and Visual Assessment PDF Document: 7.1MB

		Land East of Elsenham - Initial Road Link Capacity Assessment Report PDF Document: 3.4MB

		Elsenham: A Strategic Master Plan Vision PDF Document: 2.0MB

 

The developing Eco-town proposals have been presented to the Eco-town Challenge Panel
on the 3 June 2008. A link to our presentation is below.

		Presentation 1 PDF Document: 1.2MB

 

The Panel’s comments on our initial presentation were published in June 2008.

		The Panel’s Comments PDF Document: 0.3MB

 

A further presentation of our proposals was made to the Eco-town Challenge Panel
on the 7 July 2008. A link to our presentation is below.

		Presentation 2 PDF Document: 5.5MB

 

31 July 2008. Notes and recommendations from session 2 of the eco-town challenge

		Eco Town Challenge PDF Document: 0.5MB

 

At the end of July 2008 our the main elements of our eco-town bid proposals
were submitted to Government.

		Main elements of Elsenham Eco-town proposals July 2008 PDF Document: 2.2MB