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<p>Local planning authorities are required to publicise certain types of planning
applications in local newspapers as set out in Article 15 of the Town and Country
Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015. In response to
coronavirus restrictions, temporary regulations have been introduced to supplement
the existing statutory publicity arrangements for planning applications. Local planning
authorities now have the flexibility to take other reasonable steps to publicise applications
if they cannot discharge the specific requirement for newspaper publicity – for instance,
if the local newspaper is not now in circulation. These steps can include the use
of social media and other electronic communications, such as local online news portals,
and must be proportionate to the scale and nature of the proposed development. However,
if a local planning authority is required to publicise a planning application in a
local newspaper, and that paper is still in circulation, then they must continue to
do so.</p>
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