Managing takeaways near schools: a toolkit for local authorities

Everyone deserves to live in an environment that enables them to thrive. Healthy neighbourhoods help people make healthy choices to live well. Takeaway management zones are one way to achieve this. They work by allowing local authorities to stop new takeaways opening near schools. Our evidence shows takeaway management zones change local environments for the better. Takeaway management zones have positive impacts on health, benefit local economies, and are seen as acceptable and necessary by local communities. Many local authorities across the country have takeaway management zones. Even though they work, the reality of establishing and managing the ongoing adoption and implementation of these zones is a challenge. This is where this toolkit comes in. Designed in partnership with local authority staff, this toolkit provides four practical steps to support you to successfully implement evidence based takeaway management zones in your local authority. The toolkit is based on the latest high-quality research in this area. If you work in a local authority in Planning or Public Health and are seeking more information about takeaway management zones or are in the process of adopting and/or implementing a takeaway management zone policy, then this toolkit is for you.