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008			050627n2005 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u130133
041			_aeng
100			_aWalker, Ben
245			_aReleasing the green belt
260			_c2005
490			_aRegeneration and Renewal _v17 June 2005, 26-27(2)
520			_aFocuses on Thamesgate, an ambitious private scheme, which aims to transform the tiny south Essex settlements of East Tilbury and Linford into a new town of 15 000 homes and 10 000 jobs by 2030. It raises the environmental dilemma of creating a carbon-neutral, genuinely sustainable community on green belt land. Describes master developer Thamesgate Regeneration Ltd's (TRL) plans to design Thamesgate to match the government Community Plan vision: investment in infrastructure improvements; building a new town centre; subsidising affordable homes; and crucially the unlocking of greenfield land, which alone would be profitable enough to secure the investment for sustainability. TRL argues that environmentalists will have to abandon blind loyalty to the green belt principle to see sustainable development created in the Thames Gateway. Provides reaction to the proposed scheme from a range of experts.
590			_aIKA040705
690			_aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-SUSTAINABILITY
700			_aMeghji, Shafik
942			_n0
999			_c75465 _d75465