to provide expert advice on the quality of designs for the government's proposed eco-towns. The panel reviewed the proposals for: Whitehill-Bordon in Hampshire; Rackheath in Norfolk; North-West Bicester in Oxfordshire; and St Austell in Cornwall. CABE launched a campaign to push for greater investment in green infrastructure. The 'Grey to Green' campaign and report, Grey to Green: how we shift funding and skills to green our cities'', argued that a switch was needed in public spending from grey projects, like road building and heavy engineering projects, to green schemes, like street trees, parks, green roofs and waterways. It developed the Building for Life scheme and Manual for Streets. Other regions CABE's remit did not cover Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The equivalent body in Scotland is Architecture and Design Scotland, the successor body to the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland. The equivalent body in Wales is the Design Commission For Wales. In Northern Ireland, equivalent work is undertaken by the Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment (MAG) which was established in 2007 under the Northern Ireland Policy for Architecture and the Built Environment. The successor to CABE, Design Council CABE, operates nationally and internationally. Abolition and legacy In 2010 the Government announced that it would withdraw public funding from CABE, merging some functions into a new organisation with the Design Council, Design Council CABE (a registered charity). As in the transition from the Royal Fine Art Commission to CABE, the combined organisation had a much reduced staff and while it continued its Design Review and Localism and Planning roles, a review was conducted into the organisation and its role in delivering emerging proposals for the planning system. Joanna Averley, who had previously been the Deputy Chief Executive of CABE, became the UK Government's Chief Planner in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in September 2020 - becoming the first woman to hold the role. See also Construction Industry Council Landscape Institute References External links Archived website Video clips About CABE Architecture in England Interested parties in planning in England Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Defunct non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government Organizations established in 1999 Organisations based in the City of Westminster 1999 establishments in England Design Council