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Policy SP3 – Improving health and wellbeing
Policy SP3Belfast·SPG012 Sensitive Uses
The council will support development that maximises opportunities to improve health and wellbeing. Development will not be permitted where it will result in significant harm to life, human health or w
non-domesticdwellingpublic-buildingPolicy ENV1 - Environmental Quality
Policy ENV1Belfast·SPG012 Sensitive Uses
Development proposals must not result in an unacceptable adverse impact on the environment, including the following considerations: • Air quality; and • Noise
non-domesticdwellingcommercialindustrialpublic-buildingHealth and obesity concerns related to hot food takeaways
3.2.4Belfast·SPG012 Sensitive Uses
In recent years, concern has been growing regionally and locally about the rising levels of obesity in both children and adults. The rapid expansion of the fast food industry over recent decades has h
non-domesticpublic-buildingsite-planningHot Food Takeaways Within 400m of Schools - Opening Hours Restriction
3.5.3Belfast·SPG012 Sensitive Uses
Where a hot food takeaway is proposed within 400 metres of a primary or secondary school, and the proposal meets planning policy in other respects, planning permission will only be permitted subject t
non-domesticcommercialpublic-buildingUse Class Status of Bingo Halls
5.1.3Belfast·SPG012 Sensitive Uses
Bingo halls fall within use class D2(a) (Assembly and Leisure) of the Planning (Use Classes) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015; however given the nature of the use it is a form of development for which fu
commercialnon-domesticpublic-buildingHot Food Takeaways – Location and Proximity to Schools: Health Context and Obesity Statistics
Appendix 2Belfast·SPG012 Sensitive Uses
Figures released in November 2018 showed that 62% of adults in Northern Ireland were either overweight or obese; with 56% of women classed as either overweight or obese, and 68% of men classed as eith
commercialpublic-buildingHot Food Takeaways Near Schools: 400m Buffer Zone Policy
Belfast·SPG012 Sensitive Uses
Research indicates that children attending schools near fast food outlets are more likely to be obese than those whose schools are more inaccessible to such premises. This is more likely to be the cas
public-buildingsite-planningBookmaking Offices, Amusement Centres and Health/Gambling Impacts
Appendix 5Belfast·SPG012 Sensitive Uses
The personal impacts of a bookmaking office, amusement centre and bingo hall can include exacerbating mental health problems and enabling gambling addictions. The Northern Irish Gambling Prevalence S
commercialpublic-building