A new range of eco homes are to be built at the site of a former army barracks in Chichester, it has emerged.
Following its sale to national regeneration agency English Partnerships, the Roussillon Barracks will be developed into a dedicated green homes 'town'.
Previously inhabited by the Royal Military Police, the site's new eco homes are intended to help ease a shortage of affordable housing stock in the area.
"Roussillon Barracks offers an opportunity to redevelop a redundant brownfield site and provide high quality housing and a sustainable new community close to Chichester city centre," confirmed David Ashworth, English Partnerships' area director for the south-east.
He went on to point out that 800 eco homes are planned for the new 'village', which will have its own shops, a school, art and cultural facilities and transport links.
The green homes will be designed to generate as much energy as they use without burning fossil fuels, making the project a pioneer of government plans to have all new homes built in England zero-carbon by 2016.
Some carbon-cutting features of the new eco homes revealed by English Partnerships include improved insulation, rainwater harvesting systems, environmentally-friendly building materials and waste management schemes to be implemented during the construction process.
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