The design of new residential development in the UK is castigated routinely in both the technical and broadsheet press, and has in the past few years become the focus of governmental policy initiatives intended to improve the overall standard of design in new housebuilding. Remarkably, however,...

The National Assembly for Wales is engaged in the preparation of a national spatial planning framework to provide a context for sustainable development and environmental quality. This paper reports on research undertaken for the Assembly on the preparation of the spatial planning framework and...