The new House of Lords Committee on National Policy for the Built Environment holds its first public evidence session, taking evidence from experts specialising in planning and design.
Witnesses
Thursday 9 July, Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster.
At 10:45am
- Professor Rachel Cooper OBE, Professor of Design Management, Lancaster University
- Dr Richard Simmons, former Chief Executive of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
- Professor Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Professor of Town Planning, Newcastle University
Areas of discussion
- What are the main built environment challenges we are currently facing and how might these change? Does demographic change present a particular challenge?
- What will the legacy be of the last 30 years of commercial and residential developments?
- How can we ensure new buildings respect their environment and help to foster communities?
- How effective are we at rejuvenating existing housing developments? Should there be more focus on ‘retrofitting’ existing buildings rather than focusing on new builds?
- Why does the UK consistently fall so far short of meeting its targets on house building completions?
Written evidence
The Committee will publish a call for written evidence by the end of July 2015.