On 20 December 2021, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced that changes to permitted development rights originally introduced during the pandemic to allow markets and outdoors marquees to be held without planning permissions will now be made permanent following public consultation.
The changes, which were first introduced last year as a temporary measure to boost high streets and small businesses during national restrictions, mean markets can be held more often, and marquees put up in pub and restaurant gardens without the need for planning permission.
For example, councils will also be able to hold street markets as required without the need for a planning application and pubs, cafes and restaurants will be able to install gazebos on their own land without planning permission.