Restaurants and bars will find it easier to offer al fresco dining and 'pavement pints' following plans to cut red tape.
Ministers are set to reform planning rules to protect outdoor eateries and street parties, in a bid to boost the high street.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she will bin 'clunky, outdated rules' and make it easier for businesses to have premises on the street.
She added that she wanted to 'protect pavement pints by making it easier for boozers to serve customers outside for longer and for nightclubs to stay open later'.
Currently, venues need to reapply to have an al fresco licence every one or two years. The rules and application processes vary between councils.
