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Here at the launch of the u2018Building Better, Building Beautiful Commissionu2019 report u2018Living with Beautyu2019
It has built a new development and planning framework which promises to:
-Ask for Beauty
-Refuse Ugliness
-Promote Stewardship
It has built a new development and planning framework which promises to:
-Ask for Beauty
-Refuse Ugliness
-Promote Stewardship
The reportu2019s four challenges:
New homes
Carbon neutrality
End scandal of left behind places
Mental health/wellbeing
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New homes
Carbon neutrality
End scandal of left behind places
Mental health/wellbeing
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u201cThe sorts of places we have been making for the last seventy years are in general far worse than the sorts of places we made in the past.u201d
Bar one or two exceptions, bang on.
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Bar one or two exceptions, bang on.
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A key reccomendation: Government should align regeneration VAT with new build VAT.
Current system perversely encourages tearing old buildings down, rather than recycling them.
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Current system perversely encourages tearing old buildings down, rather than recycling them.
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Regreening recommendations: Green spaces, urban waterways, two million street trees, a fruit tree for every home.
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Short and medium term measures, and responsibility for delivery:
This is exactly the kind of thing that a new ambitious government with a stonking majority should be getting on with.
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This is exactly the kind of thing that a new ambitious government with a stonking majority should be getting on with.
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MHCLG Secretary @RobertJenrick now up and praising Roger Scruton.
Of the New Statesman scandal, Jenrick says it was a u201cdeeply regrettable episode, and I am profoundly sorry for the role that the Government played in it.u201d
Of the New Statesman scandal, Jenrick says it was a u201cdeeply regrettable episode, and I am profoundly sorry for the role that the Government played in it.u201d
Jenrick heaping praise on the report:
u201cThe report recognises that our identities not just as individuals but as communities lie in the places we live inu201d
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u201cThatu2019s why beautiful homes must become the norm in this society not just the exception.u201d
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u201cThe report recognises that our identities not just as individuals but as communities lie in the places we live inu201d
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u201cThatu2019s why beautiful homes must become the norm in this society not just the exception.u201d
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Jenrick: u2018We have to abolish the myth that quality is the enemy of supplyu2019
u201cFar from holding us back, championing quality helps us go faster and go further.u201d
u201cLetu2019s build more, but letu2019s build betteru201d
Beautiful building are popular, faster to approve, and more lasting.
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u201cFar from holding us back, championing quality helps us go faster and go further.u201d
u201cLetu2019s build more, but letu2019s build betteru201d
Beautiful building are popular, faster to approve, and more lasting.
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Jenrick: u201cI will establish a fast track for beauty.u201d
-high quality materials
-take into account local setting
u201cThese developments will proceed at pace.u201d
-high quality materials
-take into account local setting
u201cThese developments will proceed at pace.u201d
Jenrick stops short of accepting report in full at this stage. Will only go as far as saying he will implement u2018as much as I canu2019, and work with Commission members in weeks and months ahead.
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