View in web browser Add to safe senders list Retail & Town Centres Bulletin 03rd July 2020

A weekly email of the latest retail and town centres news, in-depth coverage, key planning decisions & appeals, policy & legislation updates.   Latest Retail & Town Centres News Jenrick announces creation of new 'commercial, business and service' use class The housing secretary has said that he wants to create a new "commercial, business and service" use class to help boost town centres as part of a series of proposed changes to the planning system announced earlier this week. Coronavirus: Planning's live coverage With the coronavirus likely to have far-reaching impacts on the planning system, click through to keep up to date with all the latest planning-related news on the crisis. Jenrick approves ‘engaging’ and ‘elegant’ west London tower Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has granted planning permission for an "engaging" and "elegant" 17-storey tower and a wider mixed-use development in Notting Hill, west London. Councils allowed to hold outdoor markets without needing planning permission Councils will no longer need planning permission to set up outdoor markets while landowners will be given more time to use their land to hold events after changes to permitted development (PD) rights were introduced this week.   More Retail & Town Centres News Cheltenham temporarily eases planning rules to help businesses with social distancing Judge quashes retail park consent over council's 'perverse and inadequate' reasoning Pubs and restaurants 'could miss out on new coronavirus takeaway PD right' Government to allow pubs and restaurants to operate as takeaways as part of coronavirus effort   Retail Casebook Appeal Summaries Business leaders call for infrastructure boost Benefits of tall building overcome heritage harms Pedestrian access to island service station deemed unsafe Free-standing retail pod allowed in shopping centre Reuse of rural brownfield site denied More Casebook appeal summaries   Strategic Planning For Retail Nottingham Council forced to remove fast food restriction policy from local plan Government to send in 'planning experts' to help councils revitalise high streets Belfast draft local plan includes anti-sectarian 'community cohesion' policy 1,700-home Marylebone masterplan proposes 50% affordable homes More strategic planning   Latest Town Planning Jobs Senior Compliance and Enforcement Officer , Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council £29,636 - £32,878 per annum, Basingstoke, Hampshire Assistant Director: Chief Planner , Wirral Council £72,180 - £80,200, Brighton Street, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH44 8ED Planner (Development Management) , Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council £ 29636 - £ 32878 per annum, Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot) Principal Planning Officer , Leicestershire County Council £35,727 - £39,405 (plus a £3,572 Golden Hello), Leicestershire Principal Planning Officer , Teignbridge District Council £45,591-47,436 per annum, Newton Abbot, Devon Search more jobs     Retail Policy & Legislation Revitalisation of the high street Delivery restrictions: Written statement Jenrick tells English councils to relax planning controls over deliveries Coronavirus: handling of planning conditions for retail deliveries and store opening times: Scottish Chief Planner Letter NPPF retail policy 'confusing', says judge as she blocks challenge to out-of-centre scheme More policy & legislation   Manage Bulletins Unsubscribe Privacy Notice