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		</div><p>John Lewis is considering turning empty stores into private housing to help drive growth.<br />
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<p>Here in Ireland, similar legislation was introduced in 2018 to allow vacant shops and the premises above them to be converted to residential properties without the need for planning permission.</p>
<p>In July, John Lewis announced that eight of their UK stores, which closed in March due to Covid-19 lockdown measures, would not reopen. The shops set to close are located in prime areas where housing is needed to meet demand, including Birmingham, Croydon and Watford.</p>
<p>Dame Sharon White, chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, which also owns Waitrose, told employees that the group is also considering closing some of their supermarkets.<br />
Dame Sharon said the group is “exploring” opportunities to venture into private rented housing with third parties as it looks to “repurpose and potentially reduce” its shop portfolio.</p>
<p>“We expect to see continued rebalancing of stores, opening new ones where we see strong customer demand and potentially closing others where demand wanes.<br />
“Our existing stores will be updated to meet customers’ expectations.”</p>
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