Support
Black Country Core Strategy Issue and Option Report
Representation ID: 70
Received: 15/08/2017
Respondent: City of Wolverhampton Council - Public Health and Wellbeing
Evidence from across the United Kingdom shows us that the pattern established by the local plan is reflected in related plans. All the Area Action Plans (AAP) in areas where local plans featured health fully or partially, themselves had explicit health-oriented policies demonstrating determination to carry principles through to detailed policy. This detailed policy is needed because health inequalities like obesity and inactivity are so profound in the Black Country. Where areas have made health and wellbeing central to their local plan, this allows
seamless planning policy to improve health and reduce health inequalities on a local level.
Evidence from across the United Kingdom shows us that the pattern established by the local plan is reflected in related plans. All the Area Action Plans (AAP) in areas where local plans featured health fully or partially, themselves had explicit health-oriented policies demonstrating determination to carry principles through to detailed policy. This detailed policy is needed because health inequalities like obesity and inactivity are so profound in the Black Country. Where areas have made health and wellbeing central to their local plan, this allows
seamless planning policy to improve health and reduce health inequalities on a local level.