SIR, I was invited to a meeting at Chesterton Golf Club in 2009 attended by local authorities, councillors, and ministers.

It promulgated the benefits and principles of an eco- town at Bicester, stressing also the benefit of cash plums from the Government if the project was accepted in principle.

The project was accepted.

Visiting the eco-town exhibition in Bicester I was concerned to see some of the items expounded at the above meeting, those of housing and local employment woefully different.

I was aware the plums have been plucked already for proceeding with this “New Jerusalem”.

The impression on employment originally given was that many residents would pop down the road to work at a large factory churning out prefabricated housing to best environmental practice.

It would supply housing for the site and a new industry for Bicester also selling to the UK and abroad – creating large employment. This would mean little commuting for the residents.

The eco-house set up in the Garth would demonstrate to the UK and locals what would be made at the factory; so attracting other hi-tech industry to sites in the plan.

Yes, Bicester was really with it!

The exhibition stated one job would be created per new house – with 1,000 home-based computer-aided working, 2,000 at local attracted industry and 1,000 local jobs in the local infrastructure there and in Bicester.

The factory concept of locally manufacturing, erecting and selling others eco-houses has vanished, blue blobs exist for 2,000 attracted hi-tech industry jobs seems a future dream. One thousand people working at home yet another dream. One thousand jobs within the site and infrastructure of Bicester might be possible eventually.

Your readers may draw their own conclusions!

Donald A Robinson, St Edburgs Close, Bicester