implications related to rising levels of childhood obesity and help promote healthier communities.

  1. 508) All hot food takeaways need to comply with environmental health and trading standards legislation. Food businesses are required by law to register with their local environmental health department 28 days before trading.

CEN 5b: Management of new gambling premises

  1. Proposals for new gambling premises will be supported only in the following locations and where the following limits are not exceeded:
  2. No new gambling premises will be permitted within Other Local Centres or in any other location outside the hierarchy of designated centres in Policy CEN 2.
  3. Town Centre: No more than 10 gambling premises in total.
  4. District centres and Large Local Centres: No more than 1 gambling premises within any individual District Centre or Large Local Centre.

Explanation

  1. The Council will manage the future growth of gambling premises in Stockport, ensuring that development supports healthier places by reducing exposure to gambling-related harm and contributes positively to the role and function of centres.
  2. For the purposes of this policy, ‘gambling premises’ include betting offices, casinos, bingo halls and adult gaming centres. Gambling premises are classified as sui generis uses, meaning that new premises require planning permission and can be subject to targeted planning policies. This does not duplicate or replace the Council’s separate responsibilities under the Gambling Act 2005, which regulate the operation of licensed premises.
  3. This policy applies only to proposals for new gambling premises or changes of use. Lawfully established existing premises will not be affected by this policy but remain subject to licensing requirements.
  4. National planning policy supports the use of the planning system to promote healthy lives, prevent ill-health, narrow inequalities and address the cumulative impacts of particular uses where these can undermine wellbeing or the functioning of centres.
  5. Gambling-related harm is increasingly recognised as a public health and inequalities issue, with impacts extending beyond individual behaviour to include