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Gove confirms plans for local design codes

By 2022-05-09T07:58:00

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Housing secretary takes aim at ”modernist architects who sneer at what the rest of us actually like”

Residents will be able to have a say on drawing up local design codes for housing developments under legislation to be announced tomorrow in the Queen’s Speech.

Housing secretary Michael Gove confirmed the new levelling up bill will include a proposal for ”street votes” aimed at ensuring local support for ”gentle densification” of housing.

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