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Uttlesford Building for a Healthy Life Design Toolkit

Meeting: 28/10/2021 - Local Plan Leadership Group (Item 7)

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To consider the ‘Uttlesford Building for a Healthy Life’ document as a material planning consideration to inform decision making.

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Minutes:

The New Communities Principal Urban Design Officer presented a report on the Uttlesford Building for a Healthy Life Design Toolkit. The document had been developed as an Uttlesford specific version of the Building for a Healthy Life; an existing national design toolkit and assessment tool which is specified in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to be used by Local Authorities to help raise design quality in the built environment. Changes from the national version included an Uttlesford specific introduction and examples of ‘good’ national schemes substituted for ‘good’ schemes with Uttlesford.

 

Areas of discussion included:

·         Feedback had come from Councillors but not Parish/Town Councils currently.

·         An explanation of the BHL accreditation system and the costs of accreditation to be ascertained.

·         The benefits of utilising the toolkit for pre-application meetings involving Planning Development officers and for also feeding into Planning Committee reports.

 

The Local Plans and New Communities Manager said that the Planning Development Team were aware of the document and that discussions in respect of future usage were on-going.

 

The LPLG endorsed the ‘Uttlesford Building for a Healthy Life’ document as a material planning consideration to inform decision making.

 

There was some further discussion as to how to ensure that all Members were aware of the Phase 1 reports. Members Briefings were scheduled in the New Year. Discussions would be held to take this forward.

 

The Chair thanked Mr Thompson and all report authors for their contributions.

 

 

 

The meeting ended at 8.42 pm