Eco-homes proposal is rejected

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An eco-commune on a village common looks unlikely ever to be built after the plans were rejected by councillors and hundreds of people opposed them.

The action group set up to fight the plans for ten straw bale homes in Ilketshall St Andrew, near Beccles, gathered 330 signatures on a petition.

The scheme, from the not-for-profit Common Ground Co-operative, would have been unique in the region. The eco-friendly homes would have had a communal laundry, washing facilities and crèche, residents would have grown their own food and travelled by bicycle.

But local people were outraged by the idea of development on greenfield land, which could have set a precedent for more house-building, and said most of the would-be residents were not from the village...