UK high streets could be turned into housing, says thinktank

Report says 800,000 homes could be created as online buying and homeworking risePromises by government ministers to revitalise high streets with a new breed of shops should be abandoned in favour of turning town centres into residential hubs, creating at least 800,000 homes, according to a report that aims to influence a Downing Street review of planning laws.The Social Market Foundation (SMF) said the decline of the traditional high street could not be reversed by policies that “turn the