Planning and design experts questioned on building development challenges

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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.

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