Home Office consults on increasing length of closure orders

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 gives the Home Secretary new powers to amend the duration of closure orders in the 2014 Act, subject to consultation.

The consultation seeks views on increasing:

• the maximum duration of closure orders issued under section 80 of the 2014 Act
• the maximum period for which a closure order can be extended under section 82, and
• the maximum overall duration of an extended order.

Police and local authorities can ask a magistrates’ court to issue a closure order when a premises is associated with serious nuisance, disorder or criminal behaviour.

The consultation closes on 31 July.