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Retail Trade: Empty Property

Commons · Question 23043 · Tabled 9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 17 Jan 2025

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Asked by Luke Akehurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in levels of retail and commercial units that are vacant in (a) Chester-le-Street, (b) Sta

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Answered by Alex Norris, 17 Jan 2025

This government is committed to revitalise town centres and stimulate economic growth by addressing persistent vacancy rates in town centres like Chester-le-Street and Stanley. High Street Rental Auctions, which came into effect in December 2024, give loc...