Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 38367 on Fast Food: Planning Permission, what guidance her Department has issued on the necessary and sufficient features of a fast food outlet.

My Department has not published guidance on the specific features of a fast food outlet.

As per my answer to Question UIN 38367 on 24 March 2025, it is for local planning authorities, when receiving a planning application from any of the providers named in the question, to consider whether, given the type of food and service to be provided at the location proposed, they consider the outlet to be either a hot food takeaway or a fast food outlet.