By PFK on Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Category: Planning & Development

Further Measures Announced to Enable Businesses to Operate Safely and Support Economic Recovery

On 25 March 2021, the Secretary of State laid a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament which emphasised local planning authorities should continue to take a positive and flexible approach to planning enforcement action to support economic recovery and support social distancing while it remains in place as England moves towards Step 2 of the COVID response roadmap.

Specifically:

The Written Ministerial Statement can be found here.

To further support the hospitality sector as the economy reopens, it is also the Government’s intention to create a temporary permitted development right to allow pubs, restaurants and cafes to erect temporary moveable outdoor structures for the summer season.

For the first time, this will also apply to listed buildings provided there is no harm to the heritage asset.

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