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The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government has signed a new regulation (S.I. 92/2020) which means that from 27 March 2020 until the end of the "planning emergency"
The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government has
signed a new regulation (S.I. 92/2020) which means that from 27
March 2020 until the end of the "planning emergency" as
per an order made under Section 2(3) of the Health (Preservation
and Protection and Other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest)
Act 2020, any change of use of a premises for the sale of
consumption food on the premises to use for the sale of food for
consumption off the premises is now "exempted
development" within the meaning of the Planning Acts, and
therefore does not require a separate grant of planning
permission.
This allows shops, cafes and restaurants the flexibility
required by the crisis and recommended by the Government, and also
temporarily legitimizes the existing practice of some shops having
substantial hot food sales for consumption off the premises, which
might be seen as requiring "take away
planning".
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