The Business and Planning Act 2020: how amendment to the Town and Country Planning 1990 Act may change the mix of appeal procedures; what might be the consequent changes in the rules?; what the real practical effects are likely to be: will they make appeals less able to get the heart of the issues, or will they make appeals more effective and more focussed?; Howard Leithead, planning and environmental barrister at No5 Barristers' Chambers, takes us through the changes, the impacts and the practical points arising.