Campaign Calls For Office-To-Resi Halt Before 'Slums' Built

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has launched a campaign to stop developers converting offices into housing developments. The TCPA is calling on the government to reverse the policy of allowing office-to-resi conversions under permitted development rights, stating it leads to homes “in the wrong place and built to very low standards”. The Room to Breathe campaign will call on the government to introduce minimum housing standards across the whole of the UK as well as bring together individuals and organisations to oppose the permitted development rules. Read more on the News Locker website.

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