Architects have broadly welcomed the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission’s final report, despite early fears that Roger Scruton’s involvement would result in a neo-Georgian whitewash.

Annalie Riches, co-founder of Mikhail Riches which won the Stirling Prize for its Goldsmith Street council housing in Norwich, said: “I’m finding myself agreeing with almost everything, which is a surprise.”

And RIBA president Alan Jones praised its “withering assessment of public-sector procurement practices” and the condemnation of permitted development rights which he said were resulting in tomorrow’s slums.

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