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A general view of Sutton-in-Ashfield town centre.

Business owners in an Ashfield town say they are not convinced that new council powers to get landlords to rent out long-vacant high street shops will be successful.

A Government initiative has given local councils the power to take action against landlords who have not taken sufficient steps to rent out a high street property by auctioning off leases on premises that have been vacant for more than a year.

Ashfield District Council formally adopted the new powers at a meeting on Monday (September 22).

Cllr Matt Relf (Ash Ind), executive lead for growth, regeneration and local planning, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “If there is a property that has been vacant for a long time, it will be put up on auction for a new t

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