Agenda item

Bills

Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Act 2021 c. 8

This Act sets the date of the next business rate revaluation at 1 April 2023 and moves the latest date for publishing the draft rating list from 30 September to 31 December in the year preceding the revaluation.

Date in force

15 March 2021

Statutory Instruments

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Change of Expiry Date) Regulations 2021 No. 441

Section 20 of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the 2020 Act) grants the Secretary of State powers to amend or modify the effect of specified corporate insolvency or governance legislation in Great Britain by Regulations. Under the 2020 Act, the power to make Regulations under section 20 was due to expire on 30 April 2021. These Regulations substitute the date so that Regulations made using that power may not be made after 29th April 2022.

1 April 2021

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Local Authority Enforcement Powers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 No. 455

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021, to relax Coronavirus restrictions by moving England from the Step 1 area to the Step 2 area. The change took effect on 12th April 2021. The Regulations also make minor amendments to the definition of “linked household” and clarify that customers may enter premises serving alcohol to pay for their food and drink, in addition to other minor amendments.

12 April 2021

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2021 No. 467

This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (GPDO). The GPDO provides for the granting of permission for certain classes of development without the requirement for a planning application to be made. This Order is intended to support hospitality businesses and historic visitor attractions to utilise outdoor space as coronavirus restrictions are lifted, by introducing a new temporary permitted development right in force from 16 April 2021 until 1 January 2022 to allow, subject to specified limitations and restrictions, for the provision of moveable structures on land within the curtilage of cafes, restaurants and drinking establishments including where these are listed buildings, and historic visitor attractions only where they are listed buildings.

16 April 2021

The Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2021

This Direction replaces The Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2009 and requires local planning authorities in England to consult the Secretary of State before granting planning permission for Green Belt development, development outside town centres, World Heritage Site development, playing field development, flood risk area development or commemorative object development, where the application is received on or after 21 April 2021.

21 April 2021

(The text of the measures and the explanatory notes may be obtained from the Remembrancer’s Office).

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