For example, the temporary let, which morphed into the pop-up during the noughties, is now being rebranded as ‘meanwhile use’. Essentially the same principle, except with a name that suggests a prelude to something more permanent, which in the current climate may be a tad over-optimistic.

I’ve never regarded this practice, whatever its current euphemistic description, as being a solution to the problems of empty high streets. The difficulties with retail property are not temporary in nature and pretending they are doesn’t help shape a long-term solution.