Legislation – The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning, Development Management Procedure, Listed Buildings etc.) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
PART 4Amendments to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017
Amendments to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 20178.
In regulation 19 (procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authority), after paragraph (6) insert—
“(7)
For the purpose of this regulation references (however expressed) to—
(a)
serving, submitting, sending or forwarding the environmental statement, or any other documents required under this regulation, includes serving, submitting, sending or forwarding that statement by electronic means; and
(b)
an address includes an email address.”.