New map questions England's future

England is at a crossroads in terms of how we develop and prosper.

The choices we make now and in the next few years will determine whether our future is:

• Unsustainable and locked into high carbon use.
• Fairer, more secure and based on a low carbon economy.

When I said at the launch of the Stern Review that we were going to build a low carbon economy in the UK, I meant it.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown 19 Nov 2007

What sort of economy are we building?

Despite these declarations, the Government's proposals for:

• Planning reform
• Air travel
• Road transport

are taking us away from a low carbon economy.

Our Building site Britain map shows the developments which have the most damaging environmental and climate change effects. These schemes are either:

• being built
• in the planning pipeline; or
• have been hinted at in local, regional or national strategies
  
  

To help us keep the map up to date, send us your suggestions for new entries via our online enquiry form.

Watch this space for a Solutions Site Britain that will show schemes that move us towards a low carbon economy.

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