A new McDonald's to open in a Doncaster village

Councillors have approved a plan for a new McDonald’s in a Doncaster village but the company will need to prove how they will tackle problems with litter.
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The new restaurant with drive-thru will be situated off Denaby Lane, close to Doncaster Road roundabout, in Denaby Main.

The site was last used as a self-storage facility and previously the buildings were occupied by the National Coal Board archive.

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Phillip Isherwood, on behalf of McDonald’s UK, said the development was ‘sustainable’ and would ‘bring back to life’ a disused brownfield site providing 65 jobs to the community.

Plans for the new McDonald's restaurant and drive-thruPlans for the new McDonald's restaurant and drive-thru
Plans for the new McDonald's restaurant and drive-thru

Another planning application for a Costa drive-thru close to the site is also being considered for a later date.

The McDonald’s application had six letters of support and two objections.

Reasons for objection included the ‘negative impact’ on health and wellbeing, small businesses, environmental amenity through noise, smells and littering along with an increase in traffic congestion.

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Doncaster Council’s public health team also objected to the proposal and said: “Denaby residents experience significant health inequalities and although currently there are less takeaways than one would expect for the size of the community, the addition of another has the potential to negatively impact on the health of the population.

Rossington Coun Mick Cooper said McDonald’s in the past used to sponsor extra bins and would empty them at no cost to the local authority.

Spotbrough Coun Jonathan Wood, said: “My experience is it’s burger in mouth and wrapper out of the car window 10 minutes down the road.

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“This is an opportunity for this restaurant to fully engage with the council for them to provide something like a litter pick in the community every quarter in Denaby, Conisbrough and Mexborough which surround the site.

“It’s a good chance to fully cooperate on litter and let’s face it, there are always reasons to reject this application purely on public health grounds.”

Councillors unanimously backed the plan with the added condition of McDonald’s providing a litter management plan.

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