Research and analysis

Spatial planning and health: Getting Research into Practice (GRIP)

This study explores the opportunities and challenges of applying the principles in PHE's 'Spatial Planning for Health: an evidence resource'.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 30 October 2019
• Last updated: 12 January 2021 — See all updates

Documents

Getting Research into Practice (GRIP): study report

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-825

PDF, 1.14 MB, 54 pages

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Getting Research into Practice (GRIP): a resource for local authorities on planning healthier places 2021

Ref: PHE publications gateway number GW-1812

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The discovery phase of the GRIP initiative explores the opportunities and challenges of applying spatial planning for health principles. With research conducted by the University of the West of England (UWE), it provides feedback from local public health and planning teams, and the wider professional workforce involved in the planning and creation of places and spaces, on putting the principles set out in the PHE Spatial planning for health: an evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places into practice at a local level.

The next phase of the initiative was informed by the work undertaken by the University of the West of England and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA). The results are set out in their report Getting Research into Practices - supporting development of local healthy planning practices available on UWE’s research repository. The longer versions of resource can be downloaded from the TCPA’s website .

The output of this phase is an evidence-informed national resource to assist local areas to develop local spatial planning policies and practices that can improve health and wellbeing for their communities. The resource can help provide consistency of structure and expectations and be used and adapted by councils and neighbourhood planning groups anywhere to create locally-specific resources based on the evidenced health needs of their communities.

Published 30 October 2019
Last updated 12 January 2021 + show all updates

1. 12 January 2021

   Added report 'Getting research into practice: a resource for local authorities on planning healthier places'.

2. 30 October 2019

   First published.