diff --git a/bin/bulk_layout_permissions.pl b/bin/bulk_layout_permissions.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+
+use Dancer2;
+use Dancer2::Plugin::DBIC;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Text::CSV;
+use feature 'say';
+use Log::Report syntax => 'LONG';
+
+my ($action, $file);
+
+GetOptions(
+    'action=s'   => \$action,
+    'file=s'   => \$file
+) or exit;
+
+$action or report ERROR => "Please state if you want to import/export group permissions with --action";
+$file or report ERROR => "Please provide the file you want to import/export to/from with --file";
+if ($action eq 'import') {
+    Import_permissions();
+}
+elsif ($action eq 'export') {
+    Export_permissions();
+}
+else {
+    report ERROR => "You must state if you want to import or export with --action";
+}
+
+
+sub Import_permissions {
+
+    -f $file or report ERROR => "File '$file' does not exist";
+
+    my $csv = Text::CSV->new({ binary => 1 })
+    or report ERROR => "Cannot use CSV: ".Text::CSV->error_diag ();
+    open my $fh, "<:encoding(utf8)", $file or report FAULT => "$file";
+    my $guard = schema->txn_scope_guard;
+    
+    my $headers = $csv->getline($fh);
+    $csv->column_names(@$headers) if $headers;
+    
+    report ERROR => "Invalid CSV header/s. Import must consist of 3 columns: layout_id, group_id and permission" 
+       unless $headers && join(',', sort @$headers) eq 'group_id,layout_id,permission';
+
+    while (my $row = $csv->getline_hr($fh)) {
+	    
+        my $RowCount = $csv->record_number;
+	my $layout_id = $row->{layout_id}; 
+	my $group_id = $row->{group_id};
+	my $permission = $row->{permission};
+
+        unless (defined $layout_id && $layout_id =~ /^\d+$/) {
+            report ERROR =>  "ERROR: Invalid Layout ID '$layout_id' on row $RowCount.";
+        }
+        unless (defined $group_id && $group_id =~ /^\d+$/) {
+            report ERROR =>  "ERROR: Invalid Group ID '$row->{group_id}' on row $RowCount.";
+        }
+        unless (defined $permission && $permission =~ /^(?:read|write_new|write_existing|write_existing_no_approval|write_new_no_approval)$/) {
+             report ERROR => "Invalid Permission '$permission' on row $RowCount. Value must be read, write_new, write_existing, or write_existing_no_approval.";
+        }
+            
+        rset('Layout')->find($layout_id) or report ERROR => "Layout ID '$layout_id' does not exist\n";
+        rset('Group')->find($group_id)   or report ERROR => "Group ID '$group_id' does not exist\n";
+            
+        my $existing = rset('LayoutGroup')->find({
+            layout_id  => $layout_id,
+            group_id   => $group_id,
+            permission => $permission
+        });
+        
+        if ($existing) {
+            info "Skipping permission '$permission' for group '$group_id' on layout '$layout_id' because this permission already exists";
+            next;
+        }
+        
+        rset('LayoutGroup')->create({
+		        layout_id  => $layout_id,
+		        group_id   => $group_id,
+		        permission => $permission,
+        });
+        info "Will add permission '$permission' to group '$group_id' for layout '$layout_id'";
+    }
+    $guard->commit;
+    info "Import complete";
+}
+
+sub Export_permissions {
+    ! -f $file or report ERROR => "$file already exists, unable to overwrite file!";
+    say "Enter the group IDs you're looking to export (e.g. 1,2,3): ";
+    my $input = <STDIN>;
+    chomp($input);
+
+    if (!$input || $input !~ /^\s*\d+(?:\s*,\s*\d+)*\s*$/) {
+        report ERROR => "You need to enter a number or a comma-separated list of numbers.\n";
+    }
+ 
+    my @groups = split(/\s*,\s*/, $input);
+
+    my $csv = Text::CSV->new({ binary => 1, auto_diag => 1 });
+    open my $fh, ">:encoding(utf8)", $file or report FAULT => "$file";
+    
+    my @layout_groups = rset('LayoutGroup')->search(
+        {
+            'me.group_id' => { '-in' => \@groups },
+        },
+        {
+            prefetch => [ 'layout' ],
+        }
+    )->all;
+    
+    $csv->say($fh, [ 'instance_id','layout_name','layout_id','group_id','permission' ]);
+    
+    foreach my $lg (@layout_groups) {
+        my $layout      = $lg->layout;
+        my $instance_id = $layout->instance_id;
+        my $layout_name = $layout->name ;
+        my $group_id    = $lg->group_id;
+        my $layout_id   = $lg->layout_id;
+        my $permission  = $lg->permission;
+
+        $csv->say($fh, [ $instance_id, $layout_name, $layout_id, $group_id, $permission ]);
+    }
+    close($fh);
+    info "Successfully exported permissions to '$file'";
+}