Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 59265

Community Assets: Planning

Tabled: 11 June 2025

Answered: 17 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to take steps to improve protections for (a) pubs and (b) other community assets against (i) long-term commercial vacancy and (ii) speculative planni

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Through the forthcoming English Devolution Bill, we will introduce a ‘right to buy’ for valued community assets, such as pubs and other spaces. This will give communities stronger powers to secure these assets if they go up for sale.Long-term vacant pubs ...

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