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Town planning guides
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Last modified date:2 October 2007
It is important for there to be partnership working between National Health Service organisations (NHS) and local planning authorities (LPAs) at all levels. Having a good relationship with your LPA means that the NHS can discuss the impact of proposed developments on the health and well being of the local population as well as on exisitng and future healthcare provision. Consideration can be given to how best to tackle health inequality and regenerate the most deprieved areas that have the poorest health.
The Department of Health is helping this process by developing two new planning guides - one for the NHS to explain the town planning process and the other for LPAs to understand the NHS better.
A guide to town planning for NHS staff
Published: September 2007. Gateway reference number: 8768
This guide is intended for chief executives in all NHS trusts together with directors of public health and directors of estates and facilities. In addition, it will be a useful document for similar personnel in Foundation Trusts.
The guide aims to:
- outline the town and country planning system in England at regional and local level with reference to issues specific to the NHS
- explain the correlation between planning and health, and
- encourage NHS organisations to get involved in the planning process.
This should ensure that the needs of the health service are taken into consideration, and met, every step of the way, from planning policy through to planning applications.
A guide to the NHS for local planning authorities
Published: September 2007. Gateway refernce number: 8771
This guide is intended for chief executives in local authorities together with directors of planning. In addition, it may be of interest to directors of public health in primary care trusts and directors of estate and facilities in NHS trusts and primary care trusts (directors of estates and facilities in Foundation Trusts may also find this guide useful).
The guide gives local planning authorities an overview of the NHS in England. It outlines the key principles of public health; identifies the wider determinants of health and how planners impact on them; and points to how local planning authorities can interact with NHS organisations to deliver sustainable health and social care services.
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