U.K. to Relax Planning Laws for Offices to Become Homes
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The U.K. is set to relax planning laws to allow developers to convert unused office space into homes in a bid to increase the supply of affordable housing and stimulate the flagging economy.
“This government is committed to getting brownfield land and empty buildings back into productive use,” the Department for Communities and Local Government said today in an e-mailed statement. “We are currently looking to make it easier to convert empty and under-used commercial space into residential use.”