Plans to open a hot food takeaway in a former newsagent’s in West Bridgford have been refused by planners.
The premises, at 75 Boundary Road, sits on the corner of a small parade of shops and has been empty since a bike shop which operated there closed in 2025.
Members of the authority’s planning committee met on Thursday, July 8, to discuss the new application after objections from local residents.
Speaking at Thursday’s meeting on behalf of eight properties, David Cook said: “We all strongly object to the application.
“This will have a significant adverse impact on the immunity of these nearby residents caused by noise and cooking odours emitted by the extraction flue, and the increase in number of vehicle movements from delivery drivers, customers and the associated noise.”
The committee spent a lengthy amount of time discussing the legalities of national planning guidance, which advises authorities to refuse applications for hot food takeaways within walking distance of schools and other places where children and young people congregate.
Lib Dem ward councillor Sara Dellar objected to the plans, saying: “It does not meet the criteria to improve the area. Instead, it’ll damage the social and environmental conditions for the local residents.
“Boundary Road shops are a quiet parade of shops. This outlet would change that. Parking here is (also) very limited. The (space at the front) is only two cars wide. When I went past the other night, it was completely blocked up.”
A planning statement submitted by the applicants said that most business would be in the form of deliveries, with a “limited number of customers” expected to collect orders and little reliance on walk-in trade.
It added that no significant alterations would need to be made to the exterior of the building, apart from the installation of equipment such as the extraction flue to expel gases.
The application also proposed that the premises be open until 11pm every day.
Cllr Dellar said: “Here at that time of night, it’s quiet. (But with this) the residents will be getting that noise of car doors (and) people talking outside the fast food place, directly outside the houses. It would change it dramatically.”
Green party councillor Sue Mallender said: “We know the problems with child health and obesity, and as well as that, litter, that people have. I think that it’s startlingly obvious that this is not a large enough area for (the takeaway).
“Also, it would have too many detrimental effects on the community and particularly children in the area and children who are going to those local schools.”
By Joseph Connolly, Local Democracy Reporter