![]() The company’s spokesperson said: “Each Editions kitchen is a hi-tech, custom-built kitchen that is designed in collaboration with our restaurant partners. Where there are issues with planning permission, we will work closely with relevant local authorities to ensure they are resolved.”ĭeliveroo has sought and won temporary permission for seven of its Roobox outlets in the car park of Blackwall DLR station near Canary Wharf in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. “Other users were likely to have caused more traffic and inconvenience for us and our neighbours.”Ī spokesperson for Deliveroo said: “We have been talking with local residents to put in place measures to deal with any concerns. “We are not just after the cash, we have to balance that with the needs of our neighbours,” he said. He said Deliveroo’s lease on land squeezed between an electric power hub and industrial estate was dependent on the company gaining proper planning permission and the charity had “thought carefully if the site was likely to create a nuisance”. He said the project was likely to help create jobs in the area. Graham Duncan, the chief executive of the charity, said Deliveroo had been granted permission to use the spare land behind its head office as a way of earning money to refurbish other buildings for activities for children. A spokesperson said: “Our planning team has made contact with Deliveroo and made clear that it will have to submit a planning application for any new use on the site.”ĭeliveroo has leased the unused industrial space from charity Action for Kids for five years. Haringey council said it had not received a planning application from Deliveroo’s in relation to a site in Hornsey, north London. Residents are reported to have complained about the noise of delivery vehicles to and from the kitchens. But Brighton & Hove council said it was investigating the site as part of a retrospective planning application for vents and other additions. In Hove, Deliveroo is operating out of an existing commercial building where it was permitted to change the use to a kitchen. We encourage them to work with us and listen to local residents so that we can find a long-term solution.” Southwark is also investigating the setup of three Deliveroo pods in a car park in east Dulwich. “We have served a planning enforcement notice that requires Deliveroo to stop preparing and delivering food from the site. ![]() Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Busaba Eathai, Crust Bros and Motu Indian Kitchen, set up by the family behind Mayfair’s upmarket Gymkhana restaurant, already operate from at least one Roobox.īy the end of 2017, Deliveroo said it would have more than 200 Editions kitchens in 30 sites across the UK, and more internationally.īut Deliveroo’s Roobox in Camberwell, south London, may be forced to close after Southwark council said the buzz of delivery vans and mopeds was a nuisance to neighbours and had been set up without planning permission.Ĭllr Mark Williams, cabinet member for regeneration and new homes, said: “The council is concerned by Deliveroo’s use of the Valmar Road trading estate as their kitchen pods are close to people’s homes, are clearly disturbing the residents and they didn’t apply for the necessary planning permission. MEATLiquor, Ahi Poke, Tommi’s Burger Joint and Mother Clucker are all reported to be opening kitchens in at least one of the new sites. Rooboxes, also known as Deliveroo Editions, are seen as a key avenue of growth by by the company, which is now setting up London locations in Whitechapel, Islington, Crouch End, Swiss Cottage, Bermondsey and Wimbledon as well as Reading, Leeds and Birmingham. Each pod has room for six or seven chefs from different restaurants who work alongside each other making food solely for takeaway. They have appeared in the London districts of Camberwell, Dulwich, Canary Wharf, Battersea, as well as Hove near Brighton as a way to help meet demand for takeaways in areas where popular brands do not have restaurants. Named the “Roobox”, the kitchens are either housed in temporary metal buildings the size of a shipping container or temporarily set up in an industrial building.
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