Built environment experts have accused listed housebuilders and major public sector landowners of promoting development of “the lowest quality” in order to generate maximum financial returns from development and land sales.

Giving evidence to the House of Lords’ Built Environment Committee, Design for Homes chief executive David Birkbeck accused the NHS and Transport for London of bypassing quality concerns when selling land to developers, and said some listed housebuilders were consciously lowering standards in order to maximise the price they can bid for land.

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