Building Better, Building Beautiful report: Style and substance?

By David Blackman2019-07-22T05:00:00

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The commission’s interim findings address questions of planning and engagement but there’s less about resource

While the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission has a rather long and unwieldy title, its life so far has been short and troubled.

The commission was unveiled last autumn. The then-recently installed housing minister Kit Malthouse seized on the right-leaning Policy Exchange’s thesis that improving the design of new development could be the silver bullet for increased housebuilding rates.

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