‘With regard to proposals which fall outside designated town centre and local parade locations, hot food takeaway shops will be resisted where the proposal will:
1. Fall within 400m of the boundary of an existing school or youth centred facility (e.g. YMCA, after school clubs).
2. Fall within 400m of a park () boundary.’
(Waltham Forests Supplementary Planning Document, p.11)
This means it should take a minimum a 10 minute for a child to get a take away on a school brake. Since this is mainly unhealthy food restrictions on number of take always a good idea. I do think some children will make those 10 minute walks and in effect may get late for classes. Or maybe they will have a run and burn some of the calorie overtake from their fish and chips or a burger. Good idea which works for the benefit of child’s health. Only disadvantage is that the freedoms of shop owners are heavily limited. The limitations to take away numbers around parks i do not understand however. The children are in parks mainly with their parents. Children will not therefore run for a burger by themselves, they will ask their parents to buy it for them. Adults can say no to children, can’t they?
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