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Coronavirus Act ‘only first step to legalising virtual planning committees’

By and 2020-03-26T07:00:00

The Houses of Parliament

Councils must wait for secondary regulations

The goal of legalising virtual planning committees is still one step away despite measures contained in the government’s emergency Coronavirus Act which was due to become law today.

It means councils won’t be able to hold remote video meetings immediately because they need to wait for the government to publish secondary regulation.

Planning barrister Christopher Young QC said he expected this could happen as early as the end of the week, or early next.

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