What’s the point in high streets?
It’s been a tough decade for high streets. The financial crisis fallout, rise of internet shopping and topped off with a pandemic. How do we make sure this isn’t a killer cocktail and help town centres thrive into the future?
Jonathan Werran, chief executive of neo-localist thinktank Localis, and Nicole Roe, Planning Associate at Barton Willmore and a member of the High Streets Task Force, join James Snowdon. They consider how the planning system and local governance can create sustainable and viable town and city centres.
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