Impact of Restaurants and Cafés on Town Centres

Where restaurants and cafés occupy a disproportionately high percentage of shopping frontages, they can reduce the vitality and viability of centres, increase litter and cause other amenity issues such as noise and odours. In certain cases, a condition can be placed on a planning permission for a restaurant or café restricting the provision/cooking/serving of fried foods on the premises; however for the most part, planning cannot control the quality and type of food served within restaurants and cafés.