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Bordon Herald

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Although the title “eco-town” has mostly disappeared from the town-regeneration project - despite being still in use on Hampshire County Council’s website - the ethos of low-carbon, green technology remains a key aspiration for developers.

At its recent planning committee meeting, the town council submitted no objection to plans for the detached energy-centre building, which will provide power to the new town centre, set to open in 2020 on land adjacent to Budds Lane and the A325.

Now it is over to the district council to allow or refuse the project which, like much of the upcoming development at Prince Philip Barracks, already has outline permission.

“The energy centre is a building that contains a combined-heat-and-power plant and is fuelled by natural gas,” James Child, project lead at the Whitehill and Bordon Regeneration Company which is developing the barracks, said.

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