CHESHIRE could soon be home to four 'Brexit lorry parks' after the Government passed new legislation granting it the powers to build the facilities without council permission.

UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick gave himself the sweeping powers, revealed on Thursday night (September 3), that would allow the Government to pass emergency planning permission to build huge lorry parks across England.

The legislation applies to 29 local authorities in England, including both Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East, Warrington Borough Council and Halton Borough Council, and would have planning permission for up to five years.

It comes as the UK is less than four months away from Brexit being put into action, deal or no deal, as things stand.

The lorry parks would be more likely used in the event of a no-deal Brexit and are designed to prevent chaotic queues at ports.

The legislation states: "This Order grants temporary planning permission for development consisting of the use of land for the stationing and processing of vehicles (particularly goods vehicles) entering or leaving Great Britain."

The instrument includes some restrictions on where the pens could be built, with the powers not applying to land within a national park, any battlefield, garden or park of special historic interest, a World Heritage Site, a scheduled monument and sites of special scientific interest (SSSI).