WIND turbines will arrive at an eco-friendly housing development in Chippenham in the spring.

Once installed, the turbines will power the communal lights throughout the Market Quarter area.

This groundbreaking scheme of 256 homes has been designed with both the community and environment in mind.

And this year, developers will make progress on the next phases, plus install more innovative eco- features.

Living Walls, grown in France and supplied by one of only a handful of companies in the world, are due on site later this month.

This innovative product is sure to cause quite a stir, with similar benefits to green roofs, the walls minimise dust, insulate and reduce the ambient temperatures by at least 2C on hot summer days, making the homes cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, reducing the need for heating.

Each panel is almost 10 metres high and has five different types of native European sedum plants, providing a niche for wildlife and an attractive environment for the residents.

Alison Staddon, sales and marketing director, Linden Homes Western, said: "The homes at Market Quarter have been phenomenally popular with our customers and I would predict that 2008 will prove that eco developments are the only way forward for a sustainable future."