A question on #PlanningPermission #Business tabled by Lisa Smart on 18-06-2025 has been answered by Alex Norris.

Heading: Planning Permission: Business
Question ID: 1814170
UIN: 61040
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-18
Asking Member ID: 5070
Asking Member display name: Lisa Smart
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lisa Smart
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of Class E to the Use Classes Order on the variety of businesses on high streets.
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Date answered: 2025-06-26
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4641
Answering Member display name: Alex Norris
Answering Member handle: AlexJJNorris
Answering Member Twitter reference: @AlexJJNorris
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Answer text: Class E of the Use Classes Order enables flexibility to change between uses commonly found on the High Street. No recent assessment has been made of the impact of the introduction of Class E on the variety of businesses on the high street.
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true