EERA has already sparked controversy by inviting developers to submit bids for where they would like to build large-scale housing projects over the next two decades.

Mereham, near Ely, which was rejected by the Government last summer, and Hanley Grange, a proposed ecotown near Duxford, are among proposals on that list, which is part of a new blueprint for potential development across the region between 2021 and 2031.

The promoters are again trying to get Hanley Grange approved, this time via the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS). The RSS is East of England Regional Assembly's process for considering growth in the Cambridgeshire region, including Fenland and Huntingdonshire.

The RSS strategy is subject to public consultation and the local planning laws and the promoters are now going through the normal planning routes. This is something the Stop Hanley Grange Group argued for.