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LLG and Stephen Evans, Housing Barrister at Five Paper, will look to answer your questions regarding housing law during the COVID-19 emergency
Phillip Horsfield, outgoing LLG President, makes his final Presidential speech at the AGM
Following the first ever virtual AGM, LLG have a newly appointed Presidential team and Directors - full details below.
They Regulations come into force on 4th April 2020
You may recently had sight of draft regulations being circulated relating to virtual meetings entitled The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority Meetings) (England) Regulations 2020. We are not yet certain whether they have been issued formally as a draft or just to a specific group of people for initial comment. We are trying to clarify that point. For those who have read them, you will have noted that there is no mention of school appeals. We were naturally concerned about this and immediately raised the omission with the LGA who raised it directly with the DfE. We have now received communications in which the DfE advises they are working on emergency regulations and guidance to establish flexible alternative arrangements including remote panels together with an extension of timescales currently prescribed. The DfE also advise it will retain the need for a formal clerk during the proceedings. When we have any further information we will continue to update you.
The Webinar will take place on Wednesday, 1 April 2020 at 14:10 and will cover issues impacting on those working within local authorities and will include a consideration of the following: How can planning applications be registered, validated and progressed in the shadow of CV? Can an innovative solution be found to hosting planning committees? How to deal with the practicalities of day to day life – for example how will planning conditions be discharged, how will legal agreements be completed? What can be done to allow the appeals system to function? Do Councils need to modify their Constitutions? How can environmental functions such as waste collection and enforcement of statutory nuisances be carried out?
Just released by POS - *Good Practice Guidance Note - DM Decision Making and COVID-19*
LLG AGM 2020 to now be held virtually on 3 April 2020 at 12.16pm
Made at 1.00 p.m. on 26th March 2020 Laid before Parliament at 2.30 p.m. on 26th March 2020 Coming into force - - at 1.00 p.m. on 26th March 2020 Provides for Prohibition notices
Just published- Guidance for holding Local Authority meetings