Spent most of yesterday manning one of the stalls set up across south Cambridgeshire to raise awareness of the proposed 8,000 house development at Hanley Grange. I thought I'd have time to eat a bacon sandwich but it was brisk business - and good fun. Maybe I should have run a market stall for a living!
The sign-up rate was just under one person a minute, young and old. People were coming up and saying "this is bonkers and we need to stop it." To be fair, there were one or two people making the point that affordable housing is to be welcomed. I completely agree, but given the housing plans proposed for places like Trumpington and Northstowe, there should be plenty of houses coming on stream without the need to cover a greenfield site with brick dust.
Across the south of Cambridgeshire over 700 signatures were added today to the petition. I found people very well informed about flood-plains, greenfield sites, sustainable travel and transport infrastructures. They understand what an eco-town should be, and as an elderly gent said to me "This ain't it.
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