Groups want development 'come hell or high water'

The claim came from Derek Waller from Communities Against Ford Eco-Town last Tuesday on the first of a six-day public inquiry into the plans for an eco-town at Ford Airfield and the surrounding area.

He said that in a Barton Willmore document submitted to the county council in July 2000 it talked of 10,000 homes and 25,000 people.