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Representation ID: 14115

Received: 20/11/2020

Respondent: McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd

Agent: Planware Ltd

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

There is no evidence to indicate over-concentrated areas of hot food takeaway’s gives rise to obesity or poor health outcomes. Evidence from the Borough of Waltham Forest, which introduced a school proximity policy, shows there has been no discernible impact on childhood obesity rates. More research and investigation is needed before such a approach can be justified. Similar policies have been found to be unsound by inspectors who have examined other plans such as South Ribble, London Borough of Croydon, Nottingham City, Rotherham and Guilford.