Permanent Planning Changes for Hospitality
On 20th December 2021, the ‘Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ announced that some of the temporary permitted development rights introduced during the pandemic will be made permanent. These include pubs, cafes and restaurants being able to install movable structures such as gazebos and marques on their own land without planning permission. Councils will also be able to hold street markets except where they are on sites designated as Scheduled Monuments and