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A new drive to revitalise high streets is under way. Planning restrictions will be relaxed so that empty shops can be turned into flats, cafes or restaurants more easily.

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says full planning applications will no longer be required to convert unused retail premises for residential use. It will also become easier to change the use of empty business spaces into cafes or restaurants.

The package of planning measures will also a 'fast track' scheme for extending public buildings, such as hospitals, schools and colleges. These are currently allowed to build small extensions without the need for full planning applications, but the new rules will take this process further and faster with a more streamlined system. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says converting unused commercial buildings into homes will encourage more people to live near high streets and use the areas for both work and leisure.

It insists that homes built under the new system will be subject to high standards , ensuring that they provide adequate natural light and meet space standards. Thousands of shops have shut during the past 12 months as the pandemic hugely accelerated changes already being forced on the High Street by the rise of online shopping. Mr Jenrick said: 'We are creating the most small business friendly planning system in the world to provide the flexibility needed for high streets to bounce back from the pandemic. By diversifying our town and city centres and encouraging the conversion of unused shops into cafes, restaurants or even new homes, we can help the high street adapt and thrive for the future.

The government has also announced changes to permitted development regulations to ensure demolition of unlisted heritage assets, such as statues, memorials and monuments, must be approved by planners. 

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In the estate agency business you learn more about people, community issues, life and the impact of government, than any other profession that I know of.

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First - time buyers must typically find £59,000 for a deposit, research shows. The figure has risen by nearly 312,000 in the past year, Halifax says.

Rising house prices and requirements for a bigger deposit as a proportion are to blame for the rise.

The average deposit - about a quarter of the asking price - is highest in London at £132,685, with Northern Ireland the lowest at £30,150. Andrew Asaam, Halifax mortgages director, said; "Raising a deposit is still the biggest struggle for those looking to take their first step on to the property ladder."

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Britain's most expensive rental house is up for grabs - at a cost of £238,333 a month!

That's the same price as a decent four-bed semi in Sheffield with mortgage payments of just £959 a month.

For £2.8 million a year, tenants get the six bedroom property in London's exclusive Chelsea.

The detached five-storey Victorian home comes with its house manager and chef. It boasts a swimming pool, sauna, lift and concierge service.

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Many people have invested in inflatable hot tubs to escape the stresses of lockdown on bubbling jets of water. But their therapeutic qualities could be vastly overstated - if insurance claims are anything to go by.

Among the blood pressure-raising hot tub mishaps Aviva has seen are grass strimmers slicing through them, engagement rings ripping the lining and birds pecking holes in covers. They proved such a nuisance last year that the insurer said accidental damage claims for hot tubs shot up by 188 per cent in 2019.

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