Local people should learn to love new homes and not oppose them, says Housing secretary.
Communities should not see new homes as a “burden” but as a “rejuvenation”, James Brokenshire says today.
Mr Brokenshire will say he backs a Policy Exchange report out today which says that every council should produce a design and style guide in consultation with local residents so that new homes are sympathetically designed.
Polling published today by Policy Exchange found that 77 per cent of respondents agree that cost is too often an excuse for badly designed, soulless new developments.
Half of people surveyed felt that new modern homes are built as cheaply as possible to maximise profit for the developer....