Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 77224

Empty Property: Urban Areas

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the pace of the regeneration of empty buildings on high streets.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
There are no plans to make such an assessment. However, MHCLG has commissioned a formal evaluation of the Future High Streets Fund as part of the wider Towns Fund evaluation. Emerging findings published in July 2025 include case studies on regeneration pr...

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