Newcastle Council to Enforce Ban on New Hot Food Takeaway Joints

Newcastle Council has tightened restrictions on where new takeaway joints can open in a bid to restrict “unhealthy lifestyles.” In plans approved on Monday, the Labour-run Newcastle Council said that the policy will prevent new takeaways opening as obesity levels continue to rise. Planners will no longer be able to grant permission to hot food takeaways that are within a 400m radius or 10-minute walk of schools, parks, and community centres. This is to “tackle unhealthy lifestyles, by controlling the locations of hot food takeaways, with the aim to allow people to make healthier food and drink choices.” Obese This includes wards where more than 10 percent of Year 6 pupils are obese and where the number of approved hot food takeaways would be equal to, or exceed, the UK national average per 1,000 population....