Select Committee · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Children, young people and the built environment

Status: Closed Opened: 13 Nov 2023 Closed: 28 May 2024
Inquiry scopeThis inquiry is looking at how better planning and building and urban design in England could enhance the health and well-being of children and young people, while also benefitting the population as a whole. It will look at how children and young people can use outside public spaces and move around their neighbourhoods: how they can be active and visibly part of their communities – whether it is their street, housing development, estate, town centre, village, public square or park. And it will look at what role the Government may have in making the built environment work in the best way possible.

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
25 Mar 2024
Oral Evidence
Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy · Association of Directors of Public Health, Joanna Averley · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Lee Rowley · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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26 Feb 2024
Oral Evidence
Dinah Bornat · ZCD Architects, Jo McCafferty · Levitt Bernstein, Jonny Anstead · TOWN, Sarah Scannell · Birmingham City Council, Tim Gill (Author of Urban Playground)
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24 Jan 2024
Oral Evidence
Alice Ferguson · Playing Out, Dr Jennifer Wills Lamacq · UCL, Dr William Bird · Intelligent Health, Harriet Grant · Guardian, Helen Griffiths · Fields in Trust, Mrs Gemma Hyde · TCPA, Professor Alison Stenning · Newcastle University, Professor Helen Dodd · Exeter University
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Who gave evidence

16 witnesses

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WitnessOrganisationSessions
Alice Ferguson · Associate and Board Director Playing Out 1
Dinah Bornat · co-director ZCD Architects 1
Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy Association of Directors of Public Health 1
Dr Jennifer Wills Lamacq · DECPsy Academic and Professional Tutor UCL 1
Dr William Bird · CEO Intelligent Health 1
Harriet Grant · Freelance reporter specialising in human rights, immigration and migrant issues Guardian 1
Helen Griffiths · Chief Executive Fields in Trust 1
Jo McCafferty · Director Levitt Bernstein 1
Joanna Averley · Chief Planner Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1
Jonny Anstead · Founding Director TOWN 1
Lee Rowley · Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1
Mrs Gemma Hyde · Projects and Policy Manager TCPA 1
Professor Alison Stenning · Professor Newcastle University 1
Professor Helen Dodd · Professor Exeter University 1
Sarah Scannell · Assistant Director Planning Birmingham City Council 1
Tim Gill (Author of Urban Playground) 1

Correspondence

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