Developing healthier places

The information in this guide has been drawn from 10 workshops, and other events, held across England in 2017.


Facilitated by the Town and County Planning Association (TCPA), each workshop was hosted by a council and focused on a development in that area, and included presentations from, and discussions with, the developer.

In addition to the workshops, the TCPA also interviewed 10 developers about their attitudes towards creating healthier places, and held a national round-table meeting with developers at which a range of topics were discussed.

None of the councils or developers involved claim to be getting everything right: but all of them, by agreeing to be involved in the project, have demonstrated a commitment to facilitating health and wellbeing through their work.