Darringfield Eco Town?

What do they think they are playing at now?

Did you know that a new Government Eco Town with up to 20000 new houses could be coming our way?

If this happens it will be called Darringfield and yes it will be at the east side of Darrington running all the way up to the M62 Roundabout on the edge of Knottingley and over into Selby and Osgoldcross district.

It sounds more like a name for a soap opera and because Eco Towns are her scheme our MP, the Minister for Housing could be one of the main characters making the decision. There are three other proposed Yorkshire Eco Towns, at Eggborough, Micklefield and Rossington.

Darringfield would more than double the size of Pontefract but would be a town in its own right. All this at a time when we are already at risk of loosing our Police Stations in Pontefract and Castleford, Knottingley’s has already closed, our roads are in chaos, many other services are close to breaking point, we keep getting told that resources are limited and the already deficient PGI will be scarcely sufficient for our existing communities.

What is more whilst North Yorkshire and Selby District Councillors have been briefed and are telling their people about this situation, we have heard nothing from our MP or the ruling Labour group at Wakefield. Apparently Government will decide in the next few weeks and the chosen locations will be announced by the Minister in the spring with planning controlled by her Department.

When were we supposed to hear about it, why the silence and when do we get a say?