Councils should focus on reforming planning regulations, not on becoming developers themselves
10 February 2020
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Prof Len Shackleton quoted in City AM
Last year, councils across the UK doubled down on recent trends and spent around £232m buying struggling shopping centres, accounting for 36 per cent of all shopping centre deals according to new data.
However, the IEA’s Research Fellow, Professor Len Shackleton, said: “Councils should focus their energies on working to reform planning regulations to allow market forces to breathe life back into town centres. They don’t have to become developers themselves.”
Read the full article here (p14).
However, the IEA’s Research Fellow, Professor Len Shackleton, said: “Councils should focus their energies on working to reform planning regulations to allow market forces to breathe life back into town centres. They don’t have to become developers themselves.”
Read the full article here (p14).
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