®Planning appeal decision
Allowed21 July 20253362622
Dunkin Donuts, adjcent to Taco Bell, Sycamore Road, Rotherham, S65 1EN
change of use from restaurant to hot food takeaway
- Authority
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Skelly C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed use as a hot-food takeaway is acceptable given its location within 800m of schools and the aims of the National Planning Policy Framework and the Equal and Healthy Communities Supplementary Planning Document No. 5 with regards to promoting a healthier community
What decided it
The practical barriers to school pupils accessing the site, combined with the absence of evidence of adverse impacts from existing fast-food concentrations in the area, meant the proposal did not undermine the SPD's overarching aim of promoting a healthier community despite technical breach of the 800m threshold.
Framework references: 97
Plan policies cited: Policy SP11, Policy SP55, Policy CS12
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