PROVISION OF/ACCESS TO HEALTH FACILTIES (Also see Retail and Town Centres)

HEALTH & NEW DEVELOPMENT

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  Proposals and schemes for all major development and regeneration schemes, especially for housing, employment or mixed uses should incorporate appropriate health, education and training provision from the outset. (RSS Policy L1)
  
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  Ensure Health Impact Assessments are carried out on Housing Market Renewal Schemes (Health Inequalities in Salford.- a local strategy for action, p 46)
  
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  Ensure that planners fully play their part both in the green space agenda but also in the creative use of planning regulations to limit the health impacts of new applications e.g. the proliferation of fast food outlets (Salford Healthy Weight Strategy p31)
  
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  The Government will promote powers open to local authorities and PCT’s to highlight the impact they can have on promoting healthy weight, for instance through managing the proliferation of fast food outlets, particularly in proximity to parks and schools (Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives p18)
  
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  Require contributions to deliver health facilities and health-promoting infrastructure, through a collaborative process with PCT’s, and health promoting infrastructure such as accessible open spaces, cycle route networks and sport facilities (Prevention is still better than cure p7).
  

PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING (Also see Recreation/ Open Space/ Green Infrastructure, Transport, and Retail and Town Centres)

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  Those responsible for all strategies policies and plans involving changes to the physical environment should:
  
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    Involve all local communities and experts at all stages of development to ensure the potential for physical activity is maximised;
    
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    Ensure planning applications always prioritise the need for people to be physically active as a routine of their daily life;
    
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    Assess in advance what impact the proposals are likely to have on physical activity levels (NICE Public Health Guidance 8 p6)
    
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  Increase availability, accessibility and affordability to nutritious and appropriate food. (Health Inequalities in Salford- a local strategy for action, p48,) (A Sustainable Europe for a Better World. A European Union Strategy for Sustainable Development, p11)(Facing the Future p.50)(Salford Healthy Weight Strategy p.7)
  
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  Support the promotion of health and well-being by making provision for physical activity (PPS 1, para 16)
  
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  Make active ageing the norm rather than the exception, for example by building more Lifetime Homes, protecting green spaces and launching physical activity initiatives. Protect and promote community ownership of green spaces and improve access to land so that people can grow their own food (Healthy Lives Healthy People para 11(e)).
  
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  Raise the level of physical activity in the Salford population across all age ranges (Salford Healthy Weight Strategy p7)
  
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  Make active travel methods the preferred choice for short and medium journeys (Salford Healthy Weight Strategy p7)
  

REFERENCES (HEALTH)

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  4NW (2009) The North West Regional Housing Strategy
  
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  Commission of the European Communities, 2001, A Sustainable Europe for a Better World. A European Union Strategy for Sustainable Development,
  
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  Department of Health, November 2004, Choosing Health, making healthier choices easier.
  
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  DCLG (2008) Improving Public Access to Better Quality Toilets – A Strategic Guide
  
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  GONW, 2008, North West of England Plan: Regional Spatial Strategy
  
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  HM Government (2008) Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A Cross-Government Strategy for England
  
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  HM Government (2010) Healthy Lives, Healthy People.
  
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  National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2008) Promoting and Creating Built or Natural Environments that Encourage and Support Physical Activity (NICE Public Health Guidance 8)
  
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  Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Development,
  
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  Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Planning Policy Statement 23 Planning & Pollution Control:
  
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  Office of the Deputy Prime Minister,2003, Creating Sustainable Communities: building for the future
  
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  Department for Communities and Local Government (2011) PPG13:Transport
  
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  Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2002, Living Places, Cleaner, Greener, Safer
  
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  AGMA (August 2009) Prosperity for all: the Greater Manchester Strategy
  
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  Salford City Council (2009) City of Salford Unitary Development Plan 2004-2016 – Policies saved beyond 21 June 2009
  
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  Salford City Council (2009) Salford Healthy Weight Strategy 2009 – 2012
  
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  Salford Primary Care Trust (2008) Estate Strategy 2008 -2018
  
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  Planning Advisory Service (2008) Prevention is still better than cure – planning for healthy communities.
  
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  Salford City Council, 2004, Health Inequalities in Salford- a local strategy for action.
  
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  Salford City Council, September 2002, Regenerating a Great City. Salford’s Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy
  
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  Salford City Council, 2006, Salford Children and Young People Plan
  
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  Salford City Council, 2005, Salford Drug and Alcohol Action Team Strategy 2005-2008
  
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  DEFRA, 2002, The Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food – Facing the Future.
  
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  DCLG (November 2000) Urban White Paper – Our Towns and Cities, The Future – Delivering and Urban Renaissance
  

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