All Beauty Commission articles
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News
Councils more able to refuse schemes on design grounds under new NPPF
Study shows inspectors are now backing council refusals at planning appeals
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News
Government appoints resi developer as new chief architect
The MD of Solid Space and former head of urban design at Cabe to replace Andy von Bradsky
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News
Gove turns down 1,000-home Brighton Marina plan
Housing secretary refuses Squire & Partners-designed scheme on design grounds
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Comment
Planning reform: Time to clean up
Michael Gove must decide quickly how to neutralise planning reform as a political issue before recasting housing policy as a springboard for success at the next general election, argues Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran
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News
New housing design tsar criticised for support for PD
Beauty advocate Nicholas Boys Smith accused of piloting “Trojan horse” for planning deregulation
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In Focus
Nicholas Boys Smith interview, part one: Man on a mission
There are few topics more controversial than planning reform and placemaking and few people more passionate about them than Nicholas Boys Smith. Read the first of a two-part interview
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News
Office for Place is ‘not Cabe 2’ says government design advisor
Chair of board setting up new body says it is set to take role accrediting new local design codes
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News
Planning reform ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate change
Nation’s net zero target should be enshrined in new NPPF, says Green Building Council
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News
New design codes for councils announced in beautiful buildings drive
Housing Secretary confirms package of reforms to ensure beautiful homes
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News
Hunt for new government architecture boss to start this week
Former head Andy von Bradsky says government now convinced of importance of architects
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News
City councils among pilots for new local design codes
Test programme is part of government’s push to force developers to build beautifully