COMMISSION SAYS SENSITIVITY TO RISK IS MAKING PUBLIC SPACES BLAND

Local councillors and designers need to be more confident and less afraid of risk to save street and public spaces across the country from being bland. The call comes today from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, which says over-sensitivity to risk, arising from a misplaced perception of a rampant compensation culture and restrictive interpretations of health and safety regulations are leading to standardisation in designs.

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TIME FOR ACTION TO END INTERFERENCE IN PLANNING SAY COUNCIL LEADERS

Local authority leaders have welcomed proposals in the Government’s Planning White Paper but they say the time has come for it to act speedily to put in place plans to reduce the levels of central policy guidance and to end the involvement of ministers in local decisions. Meanwhile, environmental campaigners have said they will work hard to get a stronger environmental emphasis in final legislation.

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