Issue - meetings

Received a report from the Chief Executive regarding consultation on the draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) which focuses on the health impacts of hot food takeaways.

The SPD aims to reduce the risk of obesity amongst the borough’s population, particularly children, by:

• Reducing opportunities for new hot food takeaway shops, especially those in proximity to schools;
• Seeking developer contributions from new takeaways towards initiatives to tackle obesity;
• Working with hot food takeaways to improve the nutritional value of the food they sell; and
• Improving the opportunities to access healthy food in new developments.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council to achieve its Community Priority of a ‘Healthy’ borough, to approve the “Saturation Point – Addressing the Health Impacts of Hot Food Takeaways” Supplementary Planning Document:

(i)  for consultation until the end of September 2009, with Schools and Children’s Centres to be included in the consultation; and

(ii)  as a material consideration by Development Management.