Natural England sets out ‘building better places’ strategy

Academics from Oxford University explore the purpose and practicalities of the government's latest environmental policy - which will have a major impact on property developments.

Three new sets of guidance - including a new standard from the RICS - attempt to clarify & formalise the emergent multi-billion-pound residential retrofit industry.

"Urban areas have been creating flood risk," writes Lee Bosher. "And this is largely due to the government’s focus on making land – low cost, flood prone land – available for development."