Urban form also matters if the housing supply is to be increased in a way that is popular. A good community relies on the way buildings connect to each other.
After Poundbury, the Prince of Wales is doing it again – more beautiful new homes are on the way.
This act of sabotage can only undermine the public trust that is needed to increase the housing supply.
A Conservative MP has led the way in proposing how London could be rebalanced away from the super-rich and back towards the mass of its citizens.
Successful Singapore is simply copying what previous Conservative governments have done – namely, to deliver directly hundreds of thousands of new houses.
Lord Lexden’s Bill provides an opportunity to bring real localism and better design to building new homes.
New research out today calculates that granting a piece of land planning permission for new houses makes it dramatically more valuable.