Turn retail parks into housing estates'

摘要

Old retail parks and supermarkets should be redeveloped into mixed communities served by public transport, the government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission said in its interim report published this week, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk. The idea is one of the recommendations contained in the Creating Space for Beauty report which singles out Ash Sakula's Malings development in Newcastle for praise. The full report from the controversial commission, chaired by Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith after Roger Scruton was sacked, is due out in November. The interim report also recommends:1.The public should be involved at a much earlier stage of development, with an emphasis on masterplanning - rather than communities engaging in town "planning by appeal".