A plan to build a KFC and a Starbucks on a former pitch and putt golf course in Shrewsbury is 'not conducive' to tackling rising obesity levels in Shropshire, it has been claimed.
Plans to build a KFC and a Starbucks on a former pitch and putt golf course in Shrewsbury is "not conducive" to tackling rising obesity levels in Shropshire, it has been claimed.An artist's impression of how the development could lookproposals to build on the old Meole Brace pitch and putt courseA care home would also be built on the land as part of a retail park south of Hazledine Way if plans, submitted by Cordwell Leisure Developments, are approved.
He said:"Shropshire Council, despite repeated requests to officers, staff and members by Shropshire Playing Fields Association, have so far failed to produce any robust or up-to-date evidence to be able to justify their claim that the pitch and putt golf course is clearly surplus to requirement. "SPFA do not believe a fast food outlet, tanning salon or drive-through coffee shop is conducive or in line with Shropshire Council's health recommendations aimed at reducing overweight and obesity levels."more adults in Shropshire are overweight than they are a healthy weightMore than one in five children aged four to five years old are overweight or very overweight, while more than one in 10 are obese.
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