Planning Permission

(asked on 19th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to extend unimplemented planning permissions with time limits for implementation which were due to lapse between 19 August 2020 and 31 March 2021 beyond 1 May 2021 with no requirement to obtain Additional Environmental Approval.


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Christopher Pincher
This question was answered on 25th January 2021

The Business and Planning Act 2020 introduced measures to enable certain planning permissions and listed building consents in England which had lapsed or were due to lapse during 2020 to be extended to 1 May 2021.

These measures provide for the power to extend the eligibility date for permissions and the time period for implementation. This is being kept under review at this time.

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