Course: Planning for a Healthier Food Environment

The key successes of the Gateshead Hot Food Takeaway Supplementary Planning Document include: Collaboration between planning and public health Valuable to have the local authority director on the Health and …

The Supplementary Planning Document makes reference to relevant national policy and guidance from: the National Planning Policy Framework the Planning Practice Guidance other national policy and strategies, for example, from …

Gateshead Council have set an ambition to make Gateshead a place where everyone thrives. The aim is to help communities not just survive, but flourish, prosper and succeed. To support …

We know that planning and public health practitioners can find it difficult to identify relevant evidence, in an appropriate format, to support the planning process. However, as we have covered, …

Throughout this course we have learnt that obesity is a complex issue, with many contributing factors, including the ‘obesogenic’ environment, which can lead to excess calorie consumption and physical inactivity. …

In England, the National Child Measurement Programme (1, (2) and the Health Survey for England (3) monitor body weight for children and adults, respectively. The Obesity Profile tool presents the …

There are lots of available tools to help underpin the evidence base of a development plan and support strategic planning for a healthier food environment. Tools include: The Public Health …

Decisions made within the planning system are made in accordance with plans, strategies and policies, which are all underpinned by evidence. Local planning authorities need to use evidence to support …

There is increasing awareness of the benefits of integrating health with planning. The key aim of planning is to ensure that development is permitted which benefits communities and the economy, …

Planning for healthier environments requires collaborative, joined-up working. Local authority planners, public health practitioners and others, such as environmental health officers, should work with Elected Members to harness their local …

One local example of a strategy for encouraging healthier out of home food provision is TuckIn: Making Food Better (Essex). The scheme is currently supported by local authorities in Essex …

Key learning from the programme includes: Difficulty in generating initial interest; businesses need to be encouraged to engage and sign up Important to keep messages simple for customers Can take …

Guidance was published by Public Health England – ‘Strategies for encouraging healthier out of home food provision’ in 2017. This toolkit was designed to support local councils and independent food …

Joining up public health strategies with planning can support decisions on planning applications, and the defence against appeals and objections during the local plan examination by the Planning Inspectorate. This …

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (1) introduced requirements of councils, including the establishment of Health and Wellbeing Boards. Health and Wellbeing Boards are a formal committee which must …