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Planning weekly highlights—1 October 2020

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Published on: 01 October 2020

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This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a judgment on the level of fine that can be imposed for breaches of planning and listed building enforcement notices, analysis of the Independent Review of Administrative Law, an announcement that homes created by permitted development will in future have to meet space standards, commitments by the government to protect more land to support the recovery of nature and to tackle biodiversity loss, the making of the development consent order for the Great Yarmouth third river crossing and publication of a new Advice Note on virtual examination events for development consent orders.

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