Homes England unveils plan for new development standards

By Joey Gardiner2021-06-29T13:25:00

Body drafts in BRE and Design Council to help it draw up ’strategic framework’

Homes England has brought in the Building Research Establishment and the Design Council to help it draw up strict new rules for developments that it funds or procures.

The chair of the government’s housing quango, Peter Freeman, said in a speech this morning that the agency had partnered with the BRE and Design Council – which incorporates the former housing design advisor Cabe – to draw up a “strategic framework for the agency”.

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