{"id":17704,"date":"2017-12-31T16:05:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T16:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=17704"},"modified":"2017-12-29T16:54:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T16:54:21","slug":"fmb-launches-homes-on-our-high-streets-revives-living-over-the-shops-lots-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17704","title":{"rendered":"FMB launches &#8216;Homes on our high streets\u2019: revives \u2018living over the shops\u2019 (LOTS) strategy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/FMBwebsite291217.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17705\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/FMBwebsite291217.png\" alt=\"FMB website image 291217\" width=\"250\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a>The Federation of Master Builders\u2019 (FMB) has launched its \u2018Homes on our high streets\u2019 report, which makes recommendations to Local Authorities and others to help bring back residential units above shops back into use, arguing that \u2018Many of these buildings will be heritage assets so such a move could have a positive impact on their appearance and maintenance\u2019.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image FMB website<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The FMB writes:<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the FMB\u2019s research report \u2018Homes on our high streets\u2019 took place on Monday 11th December in the House of Lords.\u00a0 The report looks at how we can make better use of existing buildings in and around town centres to deliver more new homes, with a particular focus on empty space above shops. Taking six \u2018case study\u2019 town centres to outline the different challenges and opportunities which different types of town centre can present, it makes a number of recommendations to local and national government as to how we can enable more of this type of development to take place.<\/p>\n<p>At a well-attended event in the Cholmondeley Room and the Terrace of the House of Lords guests spent an insightful and enjoyable evening discussing this timely research and the opportunities it invites. Guest speakers at the event included Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, John Healey MP, an address by our sponsor Nathan Garnett of UK Construction Week and FMB Chief Executive, Brian Berry.<\/p>\n<p>The speakers were very positive about the research, recalling previous cross-party support for the development of empty high street properties, such as the Living Over the Shop (LOTS) scheme. Indeed, our polling of MPs across all parties suggests ongoing support for such initiatives with 90% of MPs saying that they support this type of regeneration in their constituencies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmb.org.uk\/about-the-fmb\/policy-and-public-affairs\/external-affairs-events\/fmb-homes-on-our-high-streets-report-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federation of Master Builders\u2019 (FMB) has launched its \u2018Homes on our high streets\u2019 report, which makes recommendations to Local Authorities and others to help bring back residential units above shops back into use, arguing that \u2018Many of these buildings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17704\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17706,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17704\/revisions\/17706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}