Legal challenge mounted to stop end of ’virtual planning’

Wandsworth virtual planning committee

Local government bodies seek judgment designed to prevent planning system ’grinding to a halt’ in May

Two bodies representing local government officials have launched legal action amid fears that the planning system could grind to a halt in May when emergency powers introduced last year to allow virtual planning committees expire.

The Association of Democratic Services Officers and Lawyers in Local Government, have launched a high action seeking a “declaratory” judgment on whether or not virtual meetings can continue to be used beyond 6 May, when powers under the Coronavirus Act 2020 run out.

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