Roger Scruton has admitted he is not confident the findings of his Building Better, Building Beautiful commission will be adopted by the government when the final document is published.

Scruton – who was appointed in November to lead the commission tasked with putting “beauty” into housing policy – said it would be up to ministers to take on board the results of his research.

“I’m not confident [they will], but [the report] will be a true reflection of what we have found,” Scruton told BD at last week’s Better Design For Better Places conference in Birmingham.

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