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

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any high street building can be converted into a building for residential use under permitted development rights.

Permitted development rights enable all or part of buildings in a range of uses to change to residential use, many of which may be found on the high street. These include change of use from shops, financial services, hot food takeaways, and amusement arcades to residential use.