Tories unveil housing design guide

By Dave Rogers2019-09-30T13:02:00

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National standards to be drawn up to ensure ‘better designed homes’

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has launched a housebuilding design guide at the Conservative party conference in Manchester today.

Unveiling the guide, the party said “there is no accepted national standard for the development of homes, only vague documents with little enforceable power. This new design guide will introduce a national standard for local authorities to adhere to.”

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