Member

The Government are undertaking other work to rejuvenate our high streets. The £5 billion pride in place funding is a suite of tools to support communities to improve their high streets, including by high street rental auctions, community right to buy and work to streamline compulsory purchase processes to help local authorities regenerate high streets. As indicated by the Government in the other place, later this year we will bring forward a high street strategy to reinvigorate our communities, working with businesses and representative bodies, and we will be working with them as we develop the strategy. The Government will also explore the further loosening of planning rules to benefit pubs, helping them to add new guest rooms or expand their main room without local planning applications. We are more than doubling the hospitality support fund with £10 million of funding over three years.