middleport pct master planning workshop session presentation

8/14/2019 Middleport PCT Master Planning Workshop Session Presentation

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North Staffordshire HIA Pilots

Salim Vohra, Judith Ball and Gifty Mo-DansoCentre for Health Impact Assessment, Institute of Occupational Medicine

Presentation 30th September 2008


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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


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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


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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


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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


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Whats happened so far?

Pre public consultation workshop involving a rangeof professionals

Health questions for public questionnaire


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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


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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?


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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)?


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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?


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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?


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Workshop feedback and conclusions


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Workshop feedback and conclusions

middleport pct master planning workshop session presentation

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