Comment

Representation ID: 2972

Received: 08/09/2017

Respondent: Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes

Agent: Turley Associates

2.103 We support the strategy to incorporate health and wellbeing issues in the BCCS Review. Health and wellbeing underpin sustainable planning and creating places where people want to live. 2.104 The Health and Wellbeing Technical Paper (June 2017) emphasises the importance of integrating health and wellbeing into all policies, including those of the emerging BCCS Review. In particular, the technical note encourages the creation of communities which are:
* Well-connected and walkable; * Have a wide choice of homes; * Accessible to services; and * Where people can belong to a cohesive community which fosters diversity, social interaction and social capital. 2.105 As such, health and wellbeing should not be standalone policies in the plan, but rather should be a 'golden thread' running through the review and all policies. Any sites promoted through the Local Plan process should demonstrate their health and wellbeing benefits if they are to be proposed for allocation. 2.106 As demonstrated by the Vision Document (Appendix 3) submitted with these representations, health and wellbeing are key principles at the heart of the proposals for Pennwood. It will include significant new green infrastructure accessible to the public, such as new open space and links to sites of local importance for nature conservation. New pedestrian and cycle links will form a key component of the proposals, linking Pennwood to urban areas to the north, east and south-east.