Question follow-through · 77752
Regeneration: Economic Growth
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of property businesses that do not adequately renovate town centre commercial properties on economic growth.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of property businesses that do not adequately renovate town centre commercial properties on economic growth.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
There are no plans to make such an assessment. However, the National Planning Policy Framework supports the role of high streets and town centres, by expecting local plans to create a positive framework for their growth and adaptation. This Government is ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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