High streets in towns and small cities

Built Environment Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 14 Feb 2024 Closed: 13 May 2025 Parliament page
This inquiry will seek to understand how high streets can be regenerated and become more resilient and attractive. It will consider the different uses of high streets by various communities and businesses and what is essential for them to flourish economically and socially.
1 Report
11 Oral sessions
16 Events
Activity timeline 18 events
8 Oct
2024
Oral evidence
10 Sep
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
3 Sep
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
6 Aug
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Virtual meeting
21 May
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Staines-upon-Thames
14 May
2024
Oral evidence
7 May
2024
Oral evidence
30 Apr
2024
Oral evidence
23 Apr
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Archbishops' Room, Millbank House
16 Apr
2024
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 11 sessions
Oral evidence
Mr Alex Norris MP · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Oral evidence
Amanda Holmes · Dransfield Properties Andrew Malley · Dransfield Properties Mark Dransfield · Dransfield Properties
Oral evidence
Patrick Melia · Sunderland City Council Peter Wheelhouse · Frome Town Council
Oral evidence
Mark Robinson · High Streets Task Force
Oral evidence
David Rudlin · BDP Helle Lis Søholt · Gehl Architects
Oral evidence
Susan Brown · District Councils' Network (DCN) Vikki Slade · Local Government Association (LGA)
Oral evidence
Andrew Tighe · British Beer & Pub Association Kate Nicholls · UK Hospitality
Oral evidence
David Moynihan · Locality Josh Westerling · Power to Change
Oral evidence
Graham Wilson OBE · The National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA) Laura Onita · Financial Times Michael Weedon · Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Oral evidence
Sir John Timpson · Timpson Group
Oral evidence
John Tomaney · The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London (UCL)