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North Staffordshire HIA Pilots

Salim Vohra, Judith Ball and Gifty Mo-Danso

Centre for Health Impact Assessment, Institute of Occupational Medicine
Presentation 30th September 2008
 Overview of the workshop session
9.15 – 9.30 Introduction to the session and participants

9.30 – 9.45 Healthy Urban Planning Principles – why it’s a public

health issue

9.45-10.15 Presentation on the Masterplanning Vision and

Approach

10.15 -10.30 Discussion on Vision and Approach

10.30 -10.45 Key public health themes to consider when reviewing

masterplans

10.45 – 10.50 Tea/Coffee Break

10.50 -11.30 Breakout into 1-3 groups to discuss each of the 3

Masterplan Options from a public health perspective
and suggest areas for improvement

11.30 -12.00 Discussion and consensus on what public health

elements should be part of the Preferred Option
That will be fed back to the masterplanning
consultants BDP
 Healthy Urban Planning History

 Planning originated in part because of concerns for people living in

cities/towns

 Zoning was one of the first ways of separating housing and industry
in order to promote health

 Victorian era planning, environment and health more closely linked

albeit sometimes unintentionally

 Garden City Movement is formed

 Growth in suburbs as people moved away from dense crowded inner

cities leaving close to industry and work

 Post World War 2 boom in car use further accelerated suburban

development and suburban and rural commuting to work
 Healthy Urban Planning Principles

 ‘Health Urban Planning’ goes back to late 1970s and

the creation of the WHO ‘Healthy Cities Project’ in the
1980s.

 Linking to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

 12 principles/objectives
 Healthy Urban Planning Principles
1. Healthy Lifestyles
 Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promote
healthy exercise?
 Low density housing, distant amenities, unsafe neighbourhoods

2. Social Cohesion
 Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promote
social cohesion?
 Large/high traffic roads, large commercial schemes

3. Housing Quality
 Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promote
social cohesion?
 Overcrowding, poor location/design/orientation, tall buildings

4. Access to Work
 Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promote
access to employment opportunities?
 Inaccessible locations for commercial/industrial premises
 Healthy Urban Planning Principles
1. Accessibility
 Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promote
access accessibility?
 Public transport, accessibility of health/social care/other public
services, access to business services e.g. banking/utilities
2. Local low-input food production
3. Crime and safety
4. Equity
 Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promote
equity and the development of social capital?
5. Air quality
6. Water and sanitation quality
7. Quality of land and mineral resources
 Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promote the
conservation and quality of land and mineral resources?
8. Climate Stability
 What’s happened so far?

 Pre public consultation workshop involving a range

of professionals

 Health questions for public questionnaire

 Questions we developed

• To what extent to do you feel the Design Options as a whole address these
problems/challenges/concerns?

Theme Problem/Challenge/Concern
Environmental
Social
Health

• To what extent to do you feel the Design Options as a whole address these
problems/challenges/concerns?

13. How could the designs be changed to better address these

problems/challenges/concerns?
 What’s happened so far?
• Please would you rank the following healthy urban planning principles in
order of importance for the Middleport & Burslem Area?
Theme Rank (1=most important, 10=least
important)
Accessible public and commercial
services

Good access to work opportunities

Good public transport links

Good recreational opportunities

High quality housing

High quality physical environment

Local availability of affordable healthy

food

Safe and convenient public places

Walkable neighbourhood/walkability

Attractive and accessible green spaces

Issues to consider when reviewing masterplans

 What is the planning history of the area?

 What is the regeneration vision for the area?

 What is the masterplanning vision for the area?

Issues to consider when reviewing masterplans

 What is the relationship between the housing,

greenspace, roads, shops/amenities and business
areas? How do they fit together or don’t? Does it
make holistic sense? Is it legible/understandable?

 Do the blocks of new housing fit with the existing

blocks of housing? Is there affordable/key worker
housing?

 Is greenspace maintained, increased and

improved? Is it accessible? Is there opportunities for
allotments/communal gardening?

 Do roads and routes connect residents or serve to

cut them off (physical/community severance)?
Issues to consider when reviewing masterplans

 Are pavements/footpaths, cycleways and public

transport links developed? Do they form a coherent
and connected linked set of routes? Do they have
priority over cars?

 Is there a public space, a service hub, a local centre

that serves as the heart of the area?

 What kinds of public services, amenities and

facilities are planned? Are there any gaps in
service?

 Is there provision for a local community centre

and/or space for community/voluntary/charity
groups?
Issues to consider when reviewing masterplans

 Is there good natural surveillance/ opportunities for

people to pass by?

 How do the commercial areas fit with each other

and with the residential areas? Is it too big/too
small?

 How does the proposed development link with other

adjacent neighbourhoods?

 Is there any local art/distinctive landmarks/

architecture planned to build and create a revived
sense of place/community identity?
Workshop feedback and conclusions
Workshop feedback and conclusions