John Lewis backs regeneration test

Chapman Taylor’s design for a John Lewis store in Portsmouth.

Civic groups such as the Ancient Monuments Society and the Victorian Society have backed John Lewis Partnership’s campaign to keep the “need” test, under which the regeneration of town centres is a first priority for local planners.

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