Policy publications
People and places: seven essays on beauty15 November 2010
CABE asked seven public figures to respond to the ideas raised in People and places: public attitudes to beauty.
Improving the design of new housing: what role for standards?15 June 2010
Setting out CABE's emerging position on housing standards.
Simpler and better: housing design in everyone's interest8 June 2010
Is it too much to believe that all new homes can be good enough everywhere? Why has this proved so difficult in the past and what can we do to change it?
Housing standards: evidence and research27 May 2010
2010 will be a pivotal year for housing standards. We know from our work around the country that many local authorities are looking at setting their own standards for their local area.
Grey to Green: how we shift funding and skills to green our cities10 November 2009
Green infrastructure does not receive anything like the investment or management that goes into grey infrastructure.
The green information gap: mapping the nation's green spaces10 November 2009
There is a major gap in the national information about England’s urban green spaces: nobody knows how many there are, where they are, who owns them or what they are like.
Hallmarks of a sustainable city5 March 2009
Setting out the practical and policy responses to climate change that are needed to ensure our towns and cities are sustainable places.
Designing and planning for play: public space lessons8 October 2008
Advice encouraging local authorities to design natural play spaces that allow children to use their imagination.
The Thames Gateway design pact : making new things happen14 September 2008
Setting out standards and approaches to development that must be adopted to ensure the delivery of high-quality places in the Thames Gateway.
Housing market renewal: action plan for delivering successful places9 July 2008
Action plan proposing a shift in the government’s programme for delivering housing-led regeneration, towards a design-led regeneration programme with placemaking at its centre.
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