New guidance will help make sure takeaway food businesses play their part in cleaning up high streets, the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has set out.
The updated guidance will clarify the powers councils in England have to set stricter litter rules for new hot food takeaways when considering planning applications, including making sure that more bins are installed to reduce rubbish in the surrounding area. Figures show that fast food items are the fourth most common type of litter found on UK high streets.
Mr Hollinrake said, "I’m pleased to hear updated guidance from the Department of Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities will help make sure takeaway food businesses play their part in cleaning up high streets. As Chair of the APPG on Tidy Britain and someone who takes pride in the beautiful towns and countryside across North Yorkshire, litter is an avoidable and unacceptable blight on our communities and this is a very welcome move."
This is part of wider measures set out in the Build Back Better High Streets Strategy to improve the public realm and create safer and cleaner spaces.
