Brownfield Sites: Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of derelict (a) retail and (b) community sites on economic development in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North constituency.
Answered by Nesil Caliskan
The Department has not made a specific assessment of the impact of derelict retail and community sites on economic development in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North. We recognise that bringing vacant and derelict sites back into use can support local growth and neighbourhood pride.
The government has announced that eight neighbourhoods in Birmingham are to receive £2million every year for a decade as part of its Pride in Place programme including Glebe Farm in your constituency.
Through Devolution, we have given the West Midlands Combined Authority greater powers and funding to deliver against Economic Development and Regeneration; Transport and Local Infrastructure; Skills and Employment Support; Housing and Strategic Planning.
We have also supported the Mayor and Birmingham City Council to create a Mayoral Development Corporation which will speed up £11bn of regeneration plans for the east of the city by combining powers on land acquisition and planning, along with business tax incentives and infrastructure improvements.
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