More scope for meanwhile use of empty shops
Planning Minister, Greg Clark, has said that the government wants to make it easier for businesses and communities to arrange ‘meanwhile' use of empty shops and properties by relaxing planning rules. The announcement comes as the British Retail Association published new research that found a national town centre vacancy rate at 11.2%, with the highest in England being of 13.1% empty shops in the north of England.
Friday, 04 November 2011