Reduce respiratory disease

Reduce levels of harmful transport and industrial emissions (e.g. through switching to cleaner energy sources, promoting active travel and providing a networked infrastructure which enables active travel throughout towns and cities)

Source: The Built Environment and Health: an evidence review (GCPH, 2013)

Example of adopted policy

Newham Core Strategy

Improve air quality, reduce exposure to airborne pollutants, and secure the implementation of the Air Quality Action Plan, having regard to national and international obligations

More information, and examples

Low Emission Strategies Partnership – case studies (website, ongoing)

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Resource 1 is for people who want to learn more about the links between planning and health. It is a brief overview with lots of links to other more detailed reports and websites to get more information.

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Resource 2 is for elected members and senior officers. It focuses on the role of planning corporately, and how a focus on health can help to achieve wider corporate objectives. This is particularly timely as councils consider how they will coordinate and organise their new responsibilities.

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Resource 3 is for elected members, planners and public health practitioners. It explains the opportunities and constraints for considering health concerns within the planning process, and includes examples of evidence-based policies. There are lots of links to more information.

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Resource 4 is for people who want to know more about how health can be considered within the existing and emerging Northern Ireland planning system.

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Resource 5 is for people who want to know more about what integrated health and planning might look like in practice. It showcases examples of places where health has been considered throughout the planning process.

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