These properties are being used to convert commercial spaces into homes.
Over 70 properties in the midlands received planning permission exemptions to convert vacant commercial properties into homes.
Those figures come between 2018 and 2023, and if realised have the potential to result in 171 new homes.
Last year alone, over 260 change of use notifications were received by local authorities nationwide.
Planning exemptions, introduced by the The Planning and Development Amendment Regulations 2018 remove the need for permission to convert certain types of vacant commercial properties into homes until the end of 2025.
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