View in web browser Add to safe senders list Retail & Town Centres Bulletin 08th April 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 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. Pubs and restaurants 'could miss out on new coronavirus takeaway PD right' Further changes to legislation may be needed to ensure that restaurants and bars subject to specific planning conditions can take advantage of a new permitted development (PD) right allowing them to operate as takeaways, a leading barrister has warned. Government to allow pubs and restaurants to operate as takeaways as part of coronavirus effort The government has announced that planning rules will be relaxed so pubs and restaurants can operate as hot food takeaways during the coronavirus outbreak. Jenrick tells English councils to relax planning controls over deliveries English planning authorities have been instructed to avoid enforcing controls that "unnecessarily" restrict the time and number of lorry deliveries to retailers and distributors of food and other "essential" deliveries during the coronavirus disruption.   More Retail & Town Centres News Scottish government tells planning authorities to relax restrictions on retailers to help ease coronavirus crisis Go-ahead for 730-home mixed-use scheme on Derby city centre site Sainsbury's fails to overturn refusal of plan for 471-home scheme on former store site Merton members turn down 456-home scheme on Tesco site against officer advice   Retail Casebook Appeal Summaries Business leaders call for infrastructure boost Cash machine approved at listed Glasgow tenement Residential prior approval refused for harm to key shopping area Village site rebuild allowed after pub asset value discounted Scale and design of aparthotel unacceptable 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 Specialist – Local Plan (Principal Policy Planner) , Maldon District Council £39,438-£44,369 to include a market supplement of up to 15%), Maldon, Essex Project Officer - Planning , Exeter City Council £24,313-£26,317 / Grade G plus market supplement, Exeter, Devon Senior Planning Officers , North Lincolnshire Council Starting salary grade 6 £22,462, grade 7 £25,295 and grade 8 £29,636 per year, North Lincolnshire Planner- Principal Planner (Career Grade) , London Borough of Bexley £32,578 - £42,673 , per annum (inclusive of Market Premium), Bexley (City/Town), London (Greater) Forward Planning and Economic Growth Team Manager , Mansfield and Ashfield Shared Service £42,683 - £45,591 per annum, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham Search more jobs     Retail Policy & Legislation Revitalisation of the high street Delivery restrictions: Written statement 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 Revised PPG advises councils that more town centre homes can boost high street 'vitality' More policy & legislation   Manage Bulletins Unsubscribe Privacy Notice