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As the pandemic hastens the retail apocalypse, some developers are betting that empty malls can mix housing with stores and community space.

The Treasury has said it will announce the location of a new northern headquarters within weeks as the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, prepares to set out plans in next Wednesday’s spending review for levelling up Britain’s lopsided economy.

The high street was already struggling before the pandemic, but Covid-19 has perhaps sent it into terminal decline. 

New homes delivered through Permitted Development Rights will have to meet space standards, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced.

Planning permission has been granted for the £250m replacement of Crompton Place Shopping Centre with a mixed-use masterplan-led scheme.

The Globe Works is now entering its final stages of construction following a pause in building during the lockdown, property developers Empire have confirmed.