Key Documents
Planning for health in London: the ultimate manual for primary care trusts and boroughs
The manual cover outlines how the health services are delivered in England; the role of spatial planning and the need for collaboration between health and planning. It asks 6 key questions, these include why health and spatial planning should collaborate, the need to produce spatial strategies and plans that promote health, need to match healthcare demand and supply as well as working out delivery on the ground.
Planning for Health Manual (PDF 443kb)
Delivering Healthier Communities in London
This document explains why planning for health is important, policy context considerations, the concept of healthier communities, why a good evidence base is required and outlines good planning practice with regards to health including outlining a spatial plan for health in context of the LDF.
The guidance is aimed at:
- Planner - those involved on the writing of plans and policies and in reviewing development applications.
- Health practitioners who are involved in the review of plans, policies and development applications and/or the provision of health advice to borough planners and developers.
- Developers, consultants as well as architects.
Delivering Healthier Communities in London (PDF 5,148kb)
Integrating Health into the Core Strategy: A Guide for Primary Care Trusts
The purpose of this guide is to demonstrate to PCTs how they can get involved in and influence the spatial plans that councils need to prepare. Equally it can be used by the boroughs to check whether they are getting the best from the health sector in order to produce a sound plan. Every local planning authority is required to prepare a spatial plan, known as a Local Development Framework (LDF) to manage all aspects of the future growth and change within its area. The LDF is made up of several documents, the most important of which is the core strategy. This sets out the key strategic policies that will guide development. Spatial plans have a very significant effect on the environment, for instance housing, open space, transport, pollution, employment and regeneration and are therefore critical to creating healthier environments, supporting healthier lifestyles and planning for healthcare infrastructure.
Integrating Health into the Core Strategy (PDF 989kb)
Core Strategy Health Checklist (MS Word 194kb)
Watch Out for Health
This should be used at an early stage of pre-application discussions, project initiation, area action plan or masterplan stage to provide an overview and identify critical issues related to proposed development and its impact on health. The document outlines potential health benefits, positive and negative effects of proposed development and issues that need to be thought about.
Watch Out For Health - Planning Checklist (PDF 934kb)
Health and Urban Planning Toolkit
The toolkit sets out a step-by-step approach to improve engagement between Primary Care Trusts and Local Planning Authorities. It also acts as a handbook to integrate health into the Local Development Framework and the planning application process. For PCTs, it aims to strengthen understanding of the ways in which the wider determinants of health can be enhanced through effective planning policies and the ways in which planning for health services and plans for the physical development of boroughs can be integrated. For boroughs, the toolkit aims to strengthen the common understanding of the ways in which the wider determinants of health can be enhanced through effective spatial planning policies.
Summary (PDF 537kb)
Main Report (PDF 5,095kb)
Appendices (PDF 1,821kb)
Alignment Checklist (PDF 52kb)
