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When the UK government said in February that its ban on evicting commercial tenants was to be extended until July, it made a tacit admission: It does not know how to bring to an end the yearlong policy without undue consequences.
As well as announcing the three-month extension, the Ministry for Communities and Local Government issued a “call for evidence” on the “best way to withdraw or replace these measures while preserving tenant businesses and the millions of jobs that they support.”
The problem of unwinding the eviction moratorium is a microcosm of the problems the government faces in how to manage the economy as it tries to emerge from the destruction wrought by Covid-19. What it does from here has huge ramifications for commercial real estate.
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By Joey Gardiner2021-04-01T03:56:00+01:00
Planners, developers and designers line up against new resi conversion right
Planners, designers and developers have reacted with dismay to the government’s decision to push through an expansion of permitted development rights allowing the conversion of high street properties to houses despite vocal opposition.
The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) described the move as a disaster for UK high streets, while developer body the British Property Federation (BPF) said the deregulation would do “more harm than good”.
The plans, announced by press release prior to publication of the full detail, will see the vast majority of high street uses, ranging from shops, restaurants, offices, health centres, nurseries and gyms, the right to be converted into housing without requiring planning permission.