8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
1/15
North Staffordshire HIA Pilots
Salim Vohra, Judith Ball and Gifty Mo-DansoCentre for Health Impact Assessment, Institute of Occupational Medicine
Presentation 30th September 2008
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
2/15
Overview of the workshop session
9.15 9.30 Introduction to the session and participants
9.30 9.45 Healthy Urban Planning Principleswhy its a publichealth issue
9.45-10.15 Presentation on the Masterplanning Vision andApproach
10.15 -10.30 Discussion on Vision and Approach
10.30 -10.45 Key public health themes to consider when reviewingmasterplans
10.45 10.50 Tea/Coffee Break
10.50 -11.30 Breakout into 1-3 groups to discuss each of the 3Masterplan Options from a public health perspectiveand suggest areas for improvement
11.30 -12.00 Discussion and consensus on what public healthelements should be part of the Preferred OptionThat will be fed back to the masterplanning
consultants BDP
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
3/15
Healthy Urban Planning History
Planning originated in part because of concerns for people living incities/towns
Zoning was one of the first ways of separating housing and industryin order to promote health
Victorian era planning, environment and health more closely linkedalbeit sometimes unintentionally
Garden City Movement is formed
Growth in suburbs as people moved away from dense crowded innercities leaving close to industry and work
Post World War 2 boom in car use further accelerated suburbandevelopment and suburban and rural commuting to work
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
4/15
Healthy Urban Planning Principles
Health Urban Planning goes back to late 1970s andthe creation of the WHO Healthy Cities Project in the1980s.
Linking to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
12 principles/objectives
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
5/15
Healthy Urban Planning Principles
1. Healthy Lifestyles
Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promotehealthy exercise?
Low density housing, distant amenities, unsafe neighbourhoods
2. Social Cohesion Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promote
social cohesion? Large/high traffic roads, large commercial schemes
3. Housing Quality Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promote
social cohesion? Overcrowding, poor location/design/orientation, tall buildings
4. Access to Work Do planning policies and proposals encourage and promote
access to employment opportunities?
Inaccessible locations for commercial/industrial premises
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
6/15
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
7/15
Whats happened so far?
Pre public consultation workshop involving a rangeof professionals
Health questions for public questionnaire
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
8/15
1. To what extent to do you feel the Design Options as a whole address these
problems/challenges/concerns?
2. To what extent to do you feel the Design Options as a whole address theseproblems/challenges/concerns?
3. How could the designs be changed to better address these
problems/challenges/concerns?
Questions we developed
Theme Problem/Challenge/Concern
Environmental
Social
Health
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
9/15
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
10/15
Issues to consider when reviewing masterplans
What is the planning history of the area?
What is the regeneration vision for the area?
What is the masterplanning vision for the area?
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
11/15
Issues to consider when reviewing masterplans
What is the relationship between the housing,greenspace, roads, shops/amenities and businessareas? How do they fit together or dont? Does itmake holistic sense? Is it legible/understandable?
Do the blocks of new housing fit with the existingblocks of housing? Is there affordable/key workerhousing?
Is greenspace maintained, increased andimproved? Is it accessible? Is there opportunities forallotments/communal gardening?
Do roads and routes connect residents or serve to
cut them off (physical/community severance)?
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
12/15
Issues to consider when reviewing masterplans
Are pavements/footpaths, cycleways and publictransport links developed? Do they form a coherentand connected linked set of routes? Do they havepriority over cars?
Is there a public space, a service hub, a local centrethat serves as the heart of the area?
What kinds of public services, amenities and
facilities are planned? Are there any gaps inservice?
Is there provision for a local community centreand/or space for community/voluntary/charity
groups?
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
13/15
Issues to consider when reviewing masterplans
Is there good natural surveillance/ opportunities forpeople to pass by?
How do the commercial areas fit with each otherand with the residential areas? Is it too big/too
small?
How does the proposed development link with otheradjacent neighbourhoods?
Is there any local art/distinctive landmarks/architecture planned to build and create a revivedsense of place/community identity?
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
14/15
Workshop feedback and conclusions
8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation
15/15
Workshop feedback and conclusions