design quality - have we reached a moment of national change?

摘要

We have reached a moment of potential national change in the relationship between design, planning and development in England following the government's set of four announcements/documents at the end of January: 1. the announcement of a new Office for Place; 2. proposed new text for the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), intended to strengthen national policy on design quality in the built environment; 3. a National Model Design Code sitting alongside and extending the National Design Guide; and 4. the government's response to the report of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission.