Bartlett professor to lead audit of housing design quality

Matthew Carmona_index

National assessment is first since abolition of Cabe

The first systematic audit of housing design quality since Cabe was scrapped has been announced.

The project, which will examine at least 100 large-scale developments across England, will feed into the work of the government’s controversial Building Better, Building Beautiful commission.

The idea is to help drive the creation of better-quality residential schemes.

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