Local government planners and public health officers can learn how to make best use of a new framework for creating healthy Local Plans in a free webinar on Monday 30 September.
Co-hosted by the TRUUD research programme and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), the hour-long session from 2pm will be an opportunity to launch and explore the new framework which provides evidence, guidance and inspiration for building in health to Local Plans at the earliest opportunity.
The framework was created with planning and public health officers from seven local authorities in England – Bristol City Council, Guildford Borough Council, Medway Council, Northumberland County Council, Southampton City Council, Surrey County Council, Walsall Council – in response to research that found that although Local Plans are key documents for creating healthy places, they are often weak and inconsistent on how exactly this can be achieved.
A briefing note, Developing a Healthy Planning Framework, sets out the research and steps towards improving the inclusion of health for Local Plans and TCPA Healthy Place-making webpages contain further useful resources.
Sign up for the webinar via the TCPA Events page
Notes for Editors
Based at the University of Bristol, and with researchers across six different universities, TRUUD (Tackling the Root causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development) is a £10 million research project, looking at how urban places can be planned to reduce non-communicable diseases such as cancers, diabetes, obesity, mental ill-health and respiratory illness.
TRUUD is supported by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP), an initiative funded by UK Research and Innovation Councils, the Department of Health and Social Care and the UK devolved administrations, and leading health research charities.
