Commercial-to-residential PDR has failed

By Ben Derbyshire 2020-01-27T06:00:00

Source: Tom Campbell

Many poor-quality schemes created by the policy are bad for people and put pressure on local amenities

This month, I turn my attention on commercial-to-residential PDR, where there is already substantive evidence of highly unwanted outcomes.

The government carried out an impact assessment on this policy before it was enacted that predicted there would be little uptake, it would be cost-neutral, it would save resources for local authority planning departments and that housing in unsustainable locations was unlikely as a result.

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