Hot food takeaway at 25 Kennedy Way, Immingham
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by North East Lincs Planning Committee on 29 Oct 2025.
The site and surroundings
The ground-floor unit is in Immingham Town Centre’s Primary Shopping Frontage, within a wider mixed commercial area and near a primary school.
“The unit will operate as a pizza takeaway providing a gross internal floor space of 141.8m2 with the customer area extending to 12m2. The hot food takeaway is proposed to open between 11am and 11pm daily, generating a number of employment opportunities. The proposal has been brought to planning committee following an objection from the Town Council. SITE The application site is in Immingham comprising of a ground floor retail unit currently occupied by Heron Foods (Class E).”
“Beyond the site area to the south-east there is a primary school that lie within 400m. RELEVANT PLANNING HISTORY 8A920022 -Display internally illuminated shop fascia advertisement -Approved 01.10.1992 RELEVANT PLANNING POLICIES AND BACKGROUND PAPERS National Planning Policy Framework (2023) NPPF6 - Building a strong, competitive economy NPPF14 - Climate, flooding & coastal change NPPF2 - Achieving sustainable development North East Lincolnshire Local Plan 2013-2032 (adopted…”
Officer report
Consultation responses
The Town Council objected, while civic, environmental, highway, ecology, flood-risk and emergency-planning consultees raised no objection or were satisfied.
“PO33 - Flood risk PO26 - Primary shopping frontages PO23 - Retail hierarchy and town centre develop PO38 - Parking Section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 states "if regard is to be had to the development plan for the purpose of any determination to be made under the planning Acts the determination must be made in accordance with the plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise".”
“Environment Agency - This change of use which remains within the 'Less Vulnerable' flood risk vulnerability classification (as per Annex 3 of the National Planning Policy Framework), therefore we have no objection to make on the above application. However advise to seek confirmation that the flood emergency and evacuation plans are sufficient to delivering flood warnings to occupants/ users covered by our flood warning network.”
Officer report
The decision
The application was approved with conditions, with the decision delegated after additional publicity ending on 8 November 2025 and no significant planning issues.
“Decision: Approved with Conditions with the decision delegated to the Assistant Director of Regeneration on completion of additional publicity which expires on 8th November 2025 and with no significant planning issues being raised.”
Minutes
Conditions attached
Conditions cover the approved plans, flood evacuation, delivery and waste management, odour and noise controls, and biodiversity gain requirements.
“Condition The development hereby permitted shall be operated in full accordance with the submitted details of the Delivery Driver Management Plan together with the Waste and Refuse Management Plan, for the lifetime of the development.”
“Where this permission has the effect of requiring or permitting the development to proceed in phases, the modifications in respect of the biodiversity gain condition which are set out in Part 2 of the Biodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Modifications and Amendments) (England) Regulations 2024 apply.”
Minutes
Sources
- North East Lincs Planning Committee minutes, 29 October 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of North East Lincs's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Wednesday 29 October 2025
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- Officers recommended approval
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- Approved
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