This model will allow us to build villages with around 1,500 homes – or larger villages of 5,000 homes, which would allow a secondary school, medical centre and more social space.
A new collection of essays from Policy Exchange shows up some of the glaring defects of the planning system.
In this new political battle, the greatest tension will not be left v right or even fiscal
doves v economic hawks. It will be a battle between creativity and convention.
Good design, welcomed by the local community, must be a key feature of the new Garden Town.
Government could buy the land at its agricultural value, grant planning permission, sell it on to developers at the higher price, and split the bonus between owners and communities.