It is more than a decade since people took to the streets of St Austell to protest against plans for an eco-town on the outskirts of the town. That was two years after it was first announced that former clay sites around the town had been included in Government plans to create a number of eco towns across the country. And now, in 2021, work has finally begun on building homes which will be part of West Carclaze Garden Village. The development is vastly different to what was originally proposed but it will be creating 1,500 homes, a new school, a village centre with various facilities as well as opening up vast swathes of countryside which will be accessible to the whole community.