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During the pandemic, the government passed regulations covering England and Wales, allowing premises licensed to serve alcohol for consumption on their ...
During the pandemic, regulations allowed premises licensed to serve alcohol on-site in England and Wales to sell alcohol for take away.
These regulations allowed for drinking in licensed pavement areas ('off-sales').
The pandemic-related regulations expire in March 2025.
The consultation presents permanent options for alcohol licensing after March 2025.
The three options aim to make it easier for premises to sell alcohol in licensed pavement areas.
The three options aim to ensure local residents continue to have a say.
The impact assessment acknowledges that licensing conditions might be used to avoid noise problems.
The consultation is open until July 11th.
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During the pandemic, the government passed regulations covering England and Wales, allowing premises licensed to serve alcohol for consumption on their premises (on-site) to sell alcohol for take away and to drink in licensed pavement areas (‘off-sales’), if they had a pavement license, without changing their license. This allowed pubs and restaurants to continue to trade when they couldn't serve customers indoors. These regulations expire in March 2025, and this consultation sets out permanent options for alcohol licensing after this date. The three options presented aim “to make it easier for premises to sell alcohol for consumption in a licensed pavement area, whilst ensuring that licensing authorities and local residents continue to have a say about what happens in their area”. The impact assessment acknowledges that licensing conditions might be used, if necessary to avoid noise problems at night in a residential neighbourhood. The consultation is open until July 11th.
The Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry into Airport Expansion and Climate and nature targets that took place last year and included a recommendation on noise impacts.
Considerations of noise and soundscape are embedded in the Natural Resources Wales State of Natural Resources Report 2025.
In December the Welsh Government(WG) published the outcome of their consultation on changes to permitted development rights (PDR), which includes air source heat pumps (ASHP).
Transport Scotland have published a new Transport Noise Action Plan (TNAP) for 2025 – 2028.
A report commissioned by the Department for Business and Industrial Strategy to look at assessment of noise from onshore wind farms is now published.
The Welsh Government are consulting on changes to permitted development rights including air source heat pumps(ASHP).
As part of their ongoing enquiry into the impact of airport expansion on climate and nature targets, the Environmental Audit Committee will be taking oral evidence tomorrow - Wednesday May 14th.
The Government are seeking views on proposals for changes to the planning process for national infrastructure projects.
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