Written questions

Empty Property: Urban Areas

Commons · Question 77224 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 13 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

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

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 13 Oct 2025

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...