How the government’s ‘building beautiful’ theory will be put to the test in Kent

Paul Smith CROP

As the Duchy of Cornwall proposes a new 2,500-home Poundbury-style scheme in Kent, Paul Smith argues greater competition is the real key to improving housing design

The government want us all to have more beauty in our lives. The word “beautiful” appears a total of eleven times in the latest version of the National Planning Policy Framework. 

A new Office for Place has been established with a remit to help create “beautiful, successful and enduring places.” Local authorities have been tasked with producing area-wide design codes to ensure new development is of the highest quality.

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