IT might look like a big log cabin but eco town developers say this is the home of the future.

After years of wrangling, the exterior of Bicester’s long-awaited eco home development has finally been unveiled.

The home at Garth Park, Launton Road, is made from sustainable, recycled and reclaimed products. Yet critics questioned putting the home in the town centre when the controversial 5,000 home development will be to the north west of Bicester.

Ian Inshaw, chairman of P3Eco, the consortium behind the plans, said: “The construction of the demonstration house has moved at a tremendous pace and is at the cutting edge of green innovation.

“We are delighted to see the hoardings come down and are looking forward to the house being open to the public.”

Leaders at Cherwell District Council have backed the eco town, but it has been revealed that the police, Oxfordshire County Council and environmentalists have put in formal objections.

They claim there is a lack of biodiversity, no green jobs and too much car parking for it to be considered eco-friendly. The police also warned it would be an “island of inappropriate development”.

Experts from the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust, Natural England, and Cherwell District Council’s ecology officer said the proposals did not have the “feel of an exemplary eco town site”.

Revised proposals are due to be submitted next month.

Les Sibley, the district council’s Labour group leader, said of the demonstration house: “It has disrupted the park, it’s in the wrong place, and it sticks out like a sore thumb.”

Meanwhile, the district council announced it had won a further £3.55m Government grant for the eco town.

Michelle Eyre, the council’s eco Bicester community engagement officer, said: “This is a tremendous demonstration of how much confidence the Government has in eco Bicester.”