Policy information sourced from the Havering Local Plan
12 Healthy communities
The Council will support development in Havering that provides opportunities for healthy lifestyles, contribute to the creation of healthier communities and helps reduce health inequalities.
The Council will seek to maximise the potential health gains from development proposals and ensure that any negative impacts are mitigated. All major development proposals must be supported by a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to demonstrate that full consideration has been given to health and wellbeing and the principles of active design.
The Local Plan will promote health and wellbeing by:
- Directing new development to well connected locations to enable active travel (refer to Policy 3);
- Promoting well designed and safe places (refer to Policy 26);
- Promoting the diversification of uses within town centres and managing the overconcentration of uses that can have a negative health impacts (refer to Policy 13);
- Supporting the delivery of essential community services (refer to Policies 16 and 17);
- Providing and protecting open space, leisure and recreation facilities (refer to Policy 18);
- Supporting measures to promote walking and cycling (refer to Policy 23);
- Supporting the provision of multifunctional green infrastructure (refer to Policy 29);
- Seeking environmental improvements, minimising exposure to pollutants and improving air quality (refer to Policies 33 and 34); and
- Avoiding contributing to factors that affect climate change, and contribute to prevention measures that mitigate against the effects of climate change (refer to Policies 32 and 36).
Developers of major development proposals are required to consider wider local/regional primary care and other health strategies, as appropriate, to take into account how any developments can contribute to the aims and objectives of those strategies.
For more information please see the Havering Local Plan