Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many buildings have been converted into Class E use since September 2020.

We have created a new ‘Commercial, business and service’ use class (Class E) to give business greater flexibility to change use and thrive. The Commercial, business and service use class encompasses a wide range of uses such as offices and other business uses, shops, cafes, gyms and other uses which are suitable in a town centre.

We do not hold data on how many premises have changed use to Class E since 1 September 2020.