Planners need better design guidance if we're to have high-quality cities

The Walkie Talkie - whose climate-changing properties prompted the City of London to introduce new rules insisting on verification of developers’ reports.

Source: Alamy

There are many ways architects and their clients try to hoodwink planners. The fightback starts here, writes Esther Kurland.

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