Guess what? The Authorities has did not ship a seamless pavement license transition. Who would have thought it…
I suppose Tory ministers have been a bit below the pump in latest weeks, what with the entire disintegration of their authorities and all, and it comes as no shock they haven’t delivered the seamless extension of pavement licenses granted throughout lockdown that has been promised as an try to assist hospitality get well from the pandemic.
The brand new Levelling Up and Regeneration invoice introduced in Might was purported to make Covid-era pavement license guidelines everlasting, nonetheless that invoice now appears to be like unlikely to develop into regulation earlier than the present system expires – presumably Boris’ sacking of the serpentine Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove hasn’t helped.
Consequently, the Authorities intends to deliver the Enterprise and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licenses) (Coronavirus) (Modification) Rules 2022 into pressure, which amend the Enterprise and Planning Act 2020 in order that its momentary pavement license system might be prolonged till thirtieth September 2023. Renewals is not going to be computerized, which implies operators utilizing a pavement license which expires on September thirtieth this yr might want to apply to have in prolonged.
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