Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of changes to permitted development rights for converting commercial buildings to residential use on local high streets; and if he will publish the findings of that assessment.

Permitted development rights for change of use to residential are making an important contribution to the delivery of new homes across the country, many of which may not have otherwise come forward through the planning system. We will continue to keep the rights under review.