"I hope the house building/construction industry will drive the agenda for urban living forward, in partnership with others.  There are some difficult and new design and market issues raised by the Task Force. The real ability to deliver lies in the house builders' hands."
Helen Nicholson,  Private sector advisor.

"The key challenge of the Urban Task Force Report will be for volume house builders. They prefer single use residential schemes on greenfield sites, at relatively low density. A new PPG on urban policy may not be sufficient to change the direction of these particular 'Oil Tankers' ."
Ian Crawley   Town Planner

"Whilst a large market will remain for traditional housing, innovative design and better quality will become the ideals to achieve in urban areas."
Phil Edwards, Development Director Vinings.

"Most local authorities have been proactive about their brownfield sites for ages, and most have also been striving for a high quality of design including high densities and mixed use (even if they haven't always succeeded!) if the government is now saying it will back local authorities more strongly than in the past then that is good news.

It seems to me that if LA's are to respond to Rogers' aspiration for high density mixed use on a grand scale, there will be a huge need for LA's to produce lots of good Planning Briefs, and as you point out, few LA's have the right skills in house."
Peter Studdert Chief Planning Officer Cambridge City Council.