Planning permission deadlines to be extended by UK government

Planning approvals with an expiry date between the start of lockdown and the end of 2020 will be extendedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePlanning permission deadlines are to be extended by the government under new measures to boost the building of thousands of new homes as Britain emerges from the coronavirus lockdown.Relaxing planning restrictions would allow the construction of 24,000 homes put at risk by the health emergency, as part of a move ministers said