I would like the Scottish Government, local authorities, housing professionals and developers to work together to ensure that new properties are not only spatially fit for purpose but form part of a wider urban design that delivers safe, sustainable communities and encourages active lifestyles. When I say “active lifestyles”, I do not mean the London man who, it was recently reported, was offered a house where he had to stand on top of his fridge and climb up a ladder in order to get into bed every night.