Consultation outcome

Property owners and business improvement districts

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 23 July 2013
• Last updated: 14 March 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Property owners and business improvement districts: summary of consultation responses and government response

Ref: ISBN 9781409841609

PDF, 118 KB, 21 pages

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Detail of outcome

A summary responses and the government response to the consultation on property owners and business improvement districts.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation considers how the role of property owners, who are not ratepayers, can be formalised in business improvement districts.

This consultation ran from
23 July 2013 to 11:45pm on 17 September 2013

Consultation description

Currently, property owners can make voluntary contributions towards a ratepayer business improvement district and some do. However, others choose not to make a contribution but still benefit from the success of a business improvement district.

Mary Portas, in her independent report into the future of high streets, recommended that the government should legislate to allow landlords to become high street investors by contributing to their business improvement district.

The report argued that landlords, as critical long-term stakeholders should be able to make contributions and have a voice.

The government recognises the views of the business improvement district community and Mary Portas, that property owner business improvement districts could strengthen the part that landlords play in the future of the high street and in promoting growth - and committed to look at formalising the role of owners in response to a Portas Review recommendation.

This consultation seeks views on a framework for allowing such schemes.

Documents

Property owners and business improvement districts: formalising the role of property owners, who are not ratepayers, in business improvement district schemes

Ref: ISBN 9781409839682

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Published 23 July 2013
Last updated 14 March 2014 + show all updates

1. 14 March 2014

   Added summary of consultation responses and government response.

2. 24 July 2013

   Replaced pdf doc.

3. 23 July 2013

   First published.