Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Sixth Report - Supporting our high streets after COVID-19
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
HC 37
Published 10 December 2021
Government response
Supporting Our High Streets After Covid-19: Government response to the Select Committee report · published 29 Mar 2022
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Rejected
Para 116
We also reiterate our recommendation that the Government amend the prior approval process for the...
Recommendation
We also reiterate our recommendation that the Government amend the prior approval process for the class MA right so that councils, in deciding whether to approve development, can consider the impact of a loss of ground-floor commercial, business and service …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejected the recommendation to amend the prior approval process for Class MA rights, stating the current balance is appropriate and further changes would make the process too onerous.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Rejected
Housing has a valuable role to play in mixed-use high streets, but we are not...
Recommendation
Housing has a valuable role to play in mixed-use high streets, but we are not convinced that extending permitted development rights from Use Class E to residential is the right way to address either the housing shortage or the regeneration …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejected the recommendation for an evaluation of permitted development rights' impact on high streets, reiterating its aim to support housing delivery and diversify high streets through these rights.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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