Summary Table. The Involvement of Health and Norfolk Public Health in the Planning Process 1. Plan making Extensive consultation over a significant period provides the opportunity for Health and Social Care partners and Public Health to ensure that Local Plans reflect national and local health strategies and priorities and address infrastructure needs; Health partners and Public Health to take account of Local Development Schemes and ensure evidence is available for consideration by plan makers. 2. Planning applications Health and Social care partners and Public Health to be consulted on all planning applications for housing developments of 50 dwellings or more, and for care homes, housing for the elderly, student accommodation and loss of open space. LPAs will also consult on those sites less than 50 dwellings where there is likely to be cumulative impact (exceeding 50 dwellings) when considered with other contiguous application/s or applications close by. Health partners and Public Health comments to focus on ensuring development will enable healthy lifestyles and allow service delivery to be planned effectively. Pre-Application discussions Health partners and Public Health will attend meetings as appropriate and provide comments on all pre-application proposals consulted on, when resources allow. Where HIAs are required discussions should include its scope and nature. Outline Planning applications Health partners and Public Health will provide comments on all pre- application proposals they are consulted on; usually only large complex proposals are included in outline phase. Enables Health partners and Public Health to enhance their intelligence on the scale and timeframe for housing developments and to influence the form of development. Full planning applications Final opportunity for Health partners and Public Health to influence development proposals. Through the appropriate mechanism, health partners and Public Health will provide a written response within 21 days of receipt of the request, in consultation with relevant commissioning health bodies, subject to negotiated extension time. Response will be reported in the planning officer’s report. 3. Implementation Health partners and Public Health provided with best available information on implementation from the LPAs through their published AMRs and attendance at bi- annual Local Plan meetings with the respective LPAs. 4. Accountability Public Health will report to the Health and Wellbeing Board annually, on a ‘need to know basis’. Public Health, through the Directors of Public Health, will provide an annual report to the Health and Well-being Boards on its contribution to Local Plans and on responses provided to local planning authorities on planning applications. This report will be provided on ‘a need to know’ basis.
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Sources: Engagement Protocol
Summary Table. The Involvement of Health and Norfolk Public Health in the Planning Process 1. Plan making Extensive consultation over a significant period provides the opportunity for Health and Social Care partners and NCC Public Health to ensure that Local Plans reflect national and local health strategies and priorities and address infrastructure needs; Health partners and NCC Public Health to take account of Local Development Schemes and ensure evidence is available for consideration by plan makers. 2. Planning applications Health and Social care partners and NCC Public Health to be consulted on all planning applications for housing developments of 50 dwellings or more, and for care homes, housing for the elderly, student accommodation and loss of open space. LPAs will also consult on those sites less than 50 dwellings where there is likely to be cumulative impact (exceeding 50 dwellings) when considered with other contiguous application/s or applications close by. Health partners and NCC Public Health comments to focus on ensuring development will enable healthy lifestyles and allow service delivery to be planned effectively. Pre-Application discussions Health partners and NCC Public Health will attend meetings as appropriate and provide comments on all pre-application proposals consulted on, when resources allow. Where HIAs are required discussions should include its scope and nature. Outline Planning applications Health partners and NCC Public Health will provide comments on all pre- application proposals they are consulted on; usually only large complex proposals are included in outline phase. Enables Health partners and NCC Public Health to enhance their intelligence on the scale and timeframe for housing developments and to influence the form of development. Full planning applications Final opportunity for Health partners and NCC Public Health to influence development proposals. Through the appropriate mechanism, health partners and NCC Public Health will provide a written response within 21 days of receipt of the request, in consultation with relevant commissioning health bodies, subject to negotiated extension time. Response will be reported in the planning officer’s report. 3. Implementation Health partners and NCC Public Health provided with best available information on implementation from the LPAs through their published AMRs and attendance at NCC bi- annual Local Plan meetings with the respective LPAs. 4. Accountability NCC Public Health will report to the Health and Wellbeing Board annually, on a ‘need to know basis’. Public Health, through the Directors of Public Health, will provide an annual report to the Health and Well-being Boards on its contribution to Local Plans and on responses provided to local planning authorities on planning applications. This report will be provided on ‘a need to know’ basis.
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Sources: Engagement Protocol