Ofsted-style ratings for housing developments get backing from Gove

By Daniel Gayne2023-06-23T08:20:00

One-word scoring system would factor into planning decisions

Michael Gove has backed a proposal to give housing developments Ofsted-style quality ratings as they pass through the planning system.

Under the system, developed by right-wing think tank Policy Exchange, local authorities would assess schemes against a checklist of more than 50 attributes, giving them a score out of a hundred which would then be translated into a one-word score that would factor into planning decisions.

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