Court rules virtual planning meetings must halt next week

By Joey Gardiner2021-04-29T08:45:00

Legal challenge by planners designed to avoid hiatus in decision-making fails

Virtual planning committee meetings are to cease from May 6 after a judge ruled that existing legislation dating back to the 1970s is not sufficient to give virtual meetings legal status.

Planning groups hit out at the news, with the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) branding it a “hugely retrograde step”.

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