Issue - meetings

1. That the draft Hot food takeaway Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and associated Sustainability Appraisal Report and Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Report be approved for consultation.

2. That it be approved to delegate authority to the Cabinet Members for City Economy and Public Health and Wellbeing, in consultation with the Service Directors for City Economy and Public Health and Wellbeing, to approve the Council’s response to representations received on the draft SPD.

3. That it be approved to delegate authority to the Cabinet Members for City Economy and Public Health and Wellbeing, in consultation with the Service Directors for City Economy and Public Health and Wellbeing, to make amendments to the SPD following consultation and subsequently adopt the SPD.

Councillor John Reynolds and Councillor Paul Sweet presented the draft Hot Food Takeaway Supplementary Planning Document and requested approval for the document and associated reports to go out to public consultation. The report provided guidance on the application of planning policies relating to hot food takeaways in Wolverhampton. This would include the prevention of new hot food takeaways in areas where there was already a high percentage of such establishments and in areas less than 400 metres from a secondary school. The report explained that the Supplementary Planning Document had been drafted in the context of tackling health problems and obesity in the city.

Resolved:

1. That the draft Hot food takeaway Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and associated Sustainability Appraisal Report and Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Report be approved for consultation.

2. That it be approved to delegate authority to the Cabinet Members for City Economy and Public Health and Wellbeing, in consultation with the Service Directors for City Economy and Public Health and Wellbeing, to approve the Council’s response to representations received on the draft SPD.

3. That it be approved to delegate authority to the Cabinet Members for City Economy and Public Health and Wellbeing, in consultation with the Service Directors for City Economy and Public Health and Wellbeing, to make amendments to the SPD following consultation and subsequently adopt the SPD.