Supplementary Planning Guidance

Supplementary planning documents are a material consideration in decision-making. They cannot introduce new planning policies into the development plan neither should they add unnecessarily to the cost of development. SPD’s must follow a formal procedure in their preparation and agreement.

Informal guidance does not follow any prescribed procedure. As a result, it does not have any formal status in decision making.

Hull City Council published “Healthy Places, Healthy People Supplementary Planning Document” in 2021. This comprehensive document draws out the key health issues contained in the Hull Local Plan especially for food growing and food retail. The SPD was produced in collaboration with the Council’s Public Heath team to ensure that locally significant health messages, as set out in the Hull Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), are effectively addressed through future development proposals. A section covers “Food and Healthy Choices”.

This SPD complements Hull’s “Residential design guidance SPD” which illustrates how development can include space for productive planting.

PAN 06: Food Growing and Development

Brighton and Hove City Council publishes some of their guidance in the form of planning advice notes (PAN). The Food Growing and Development PAN provides guidance and basic technical considerations on how food growing can be incorporated into different types of development. The City Council seeks to encourage food growing in the city even in small urban spaces as part of its commitment to sustainable development. The Brighton and Hove City Council Planning Advice Note is available for sharing with other councils.

Cheshire West and Chester Council has produced a Hot Food Takeaway guidance note and checklist that provides further information to assist applicants in addressing the requirements of Local Plan (Part One) policy SOC 5 Health and wellbeing and Local Plan (Part Two) policy DM 29 Health impacts of new development. The guidance note covers hot food takeaways (for the sale of hot food where consumption of that food is mostly undertaken off the premises) and mixed-use developments including hot food takeaways. This includes applications for new uses and variations to existing conditions. It is aimed at those involved in preparing and submitting a relevant planning application and those involved in the determination of applications.