Main image: The Wintles in Shropshire (developed by The Living Village Trust) was highlighted in BBBB Commission's Interim Report; the scheme "embodies beauty and the spirit of place", said the authors.
Beautiful homes & tree-lined streets should be ‘the norm not the exception’
Roger Scruton and Nicolas Boys Smith's final report for the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission has been published, offering a series of policy proposals and practical recommendations to make Britain's built environment more pleasant - including planning reforms, a kitemark for design-led developers, and a massive tree planting drive.
Robert Adam: How can new-build homes be green, beautiful and high quality?
Speaking at a fringe event hosted by the Policy Exchange at this year's Conservative Party Conference, one of the UK's most respected architects flagged up some serious structural issues with the current…
‘Building better & beautiful will deliver more homes’ – Housing Minister
Government commission launched to look at how the planning system can "encourage and incentivise a greater emphasis on design, style and community consent" in new residential developments
Jenrick: ‘We’ll make it easier to build beautiful homes, to end the myth that quality is the enemy of supply’
Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick trails the publication of the late Roger Scruton's Building Better, Building Beautiful report.
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