Further written evidence to be reported to the House
Housing and Regeneration Bill
12:00 pm
Neil Sinden: We want to consider that carefully, because the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment has a strong interest in the design agenda. We hope that, whatever happens, the new agency will work closely with CABE or any successor body in ensuring that we secure the standards of design that we need to see in terms of environmental standards—we welcome the sustainability certificate provisions, although we believe that there are opportunities to extend the detail of environmental issues covered by the certificates—and ensuring that we do not, in a rush to deliver the numbers that Minsters want to see delivered, bypass the need to meet high standards for the long term, so that we do not build the ghettos of tomorrow.