The Hertfordshire contribution to the Midlands and East Learning day on Spatial Planning and Public Health 27 November 2013

1. Planning and Health –
A Hertfordshire Perspective
Planning and Health – Putting health in its rightful Place
Wednesday 27th November 2013
Jim McManus
Director of Public Health
Peter Wright
Health Improvement Principal
www.hertsdirect.org

2. www.hertsdirect.org

3. •
Decrease in net additional
homes completed (7%)
119% increase in approvals for
planning applications that
include green technology
Hertfordshire Annual Dwelling Completions 1991-2012
5000
4500
Net Additional Dwellings
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Ye ar to 31st M arch
Source: Hertfordshire Joint Monitoring System
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4. Key Points
• At the start of a developmental journey
• 11 Authorities
• Green Belt issues
• Core Strategy
• Multi-agency approach in development
• TCPA work
• PH Strategy approved
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5. www.hertsdirect.org

6. Working
• Multi-tier area (County, District, Town/Parish)
• Cross-cutting issues
• Develop portfolio as one portfolio working
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across tiers and topics
Complex issue of Green Belt
Embed into PH Strategy
Mainstream PH approach across various
players
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7. The Hertfordshire Public
Health Board
www.hertsdirect.org

8. Starting point
•
TCPA – reuniting planning with health project Phase 2
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Links to three “hot topics” we need to work on in Herts
and some “obvious” quick wins
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Herts briefing here
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Herts alcohol and planning stuff here
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http://www.tcpa.org.uk/data/files/Health_and_planning/He
alth_Phase_2/McMANUS.pdf
http://www.tcpa.org.uk/data/files/Health_and_planning/Health_Phase_2/TCPA_FI
NAL_Hertfordshire_briefing_ONLY.pdf
www.hertsdirect.org

9. TCPA
• Develop planning policy to tackle
three public health concerns facing
Hertfordshire:
– the prevalence of hot food
takeaways,
– alcohol consumption
– and access to high quality green
spaces
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10. Rationale
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The provision of current and future healthcare
services and infrastructure
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The removal of environmental “things” which
negatively affect human health
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The provision of those things which have
positive impact on human health
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Building and embedding a culture of Public
Health approaches across Hertfordshire
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Quick Wins
www.hertsdirect.org

11. Ultimate aim: The Public Realm as a PH
Portfolio
• Planning
• Countryside as setting for PH
• Housing
• Environmental infrastructure
• Tobacco Control (smoke free playgrounds)
• Sustainability
• Safety (20mph limits scrutiny)
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12. Quick Win: Smokefree Parks
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13. Quick Win: The 6 Levels of Public Health
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3.
4.
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6.
Biological
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Every PH report in
Hertfordshire going to
members now uses these
levels
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Articulates who should do
what
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Enables focus and action
Behavioural
Social (interpersonal)
Legislative / Political
Environmental
Structural
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14. Hot Topic: Planning in Broxbourne
• Obesity in core strategy
• Planning approach to Obesity
– Children
– Adults
• Whole System Obesity Pilot for Herts
• Sustainable Community Strategy and Core
Strategy has Health Ambitions
• Inputs into Herts Quality of Life report
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15. Hot Topic: Alcohol
• Licensing issue
• Crosses 3 County portfolios and 10 Districts
• Police and Crime Commissioner
• New governance workshop
• New Strategy, New Governance, New Approach
• Inputs into Herts Quality of Life report
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16. Hertfordshire Delivery Model
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17. Mainstreaming: Building Futures
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Building Futures is an evolving web-based guide,
designed to provide practical, user-friendly and up to
date guidance for planning officers, developers and the
general public on how to make development in
Hertfordshire more sustainable and of a higher quality in
design terms.
eleven local authorities of Hertfordshire
create a guide relevant to the Hertfordshire context,
rather than metropolitan locations, which most central
government guidance tends to focus on.
www.hertsdirect.org
http://www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures/

18. Building Futures is an evolving web-based guide, designed to provide
practical, user-friendly and up to date guidance for planning officers,
developers and the general public on how to make development in
Hertfordshire more sustainable and of a higher quality in design
terms.
The intention of the eleven local authorities of Hertfordshire has been
to create a guide which is relevant to the Hertfordshire context, rather
than metropolitan locations, which most central government guidance
tends to focus on.
http://www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures/
www.hertsdirect.org

19. www.hertsdirect.org
http://www.hertslink.org/buildingfutures/

20. Thank you!
Jim.mcmanus@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Conference
www.hertspublichealth.co.uk
E Learning portal
www.hertsdirect.org/phelearn
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