This phase of consultation has closed. Council will be consulting the wider community shortly.

The law around whether shops can open on Easter Sunday changed last year. Councils can now adopt a policy that allows shops in their district to choose whether they want to open on Easter Sunday. If Council adopts this policy, shops can choose to open, but they don’t have to. Employees would also be able to choose not to work if they were asked to, and they won’t need to give any reason for not working.