Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Accepted
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National Planning Policy Framework fails to sufficiently prioritise health promotion in local planning.
Conclusion
Local authorities and councils necessarily consider a wide range of criteria in assessing planning applications. This, alongside pressures on their resources and skills, makes it difficult for them to prioritise ensuring that planning promotes health. The lack of changes to requirements relating to health in the revised National Planning Policy Framework is a disappointing missed opportunity to make promotion of health a higher priority for planning authorities.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees that places where people live, work and age is critical to our health and describes actions being taken to ensure health, wellbeing and action to tackle disparities are embedded across new active travel policies and programmes.
Paragraph Reference:
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Government Response
The government responded to this report on 9 May 2024. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗