Guidelines & Standards for Hot Food Takeaway Uses Supplementary Planning Document November 2014

The purpose of the Guidelines & Standards for Hot Food Takeaway Uses Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) is to set out the council's guidance for new planning applications relating to hot food takeaways uses in the Borough.  It will also ensure that new hot food takeaway development does not harm local environmental quality or residential amenity.  It sets out clear and practical guidance with the following key aims:

• Minimise the negative impacts of takeaways on childhood health by controlling the proximity of new takeaways to schools;
• Protect the amenity of surrounding residential properties from the adverse effects of disturbance, smells etc;
• Ensure Town and Local Centres retain their primary purpose of providing a range of shopping and other functions and also contain appropriate concentrations of hot food takeaway establishments;
• Determination of the appropriate hours of opening for hot food takeaway;
• Appropriate disposal of waste products; and
• Minimise impact of litter on the street scene and the wider environment.

It is also intended that this SPD helps promote and support healthy eating habits in the Borough.