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LDF Core Strategy HIA - Screening and Scoping5 . Scoping the Core Strategy specific “Policies”CSP 43 Educational Facilities and Community UsesCriteria1.Will the policies impact onhealth of the variouscommunities?2.Do the polices contribute to theambitions of the communitystrategy?Potential Health BenefitsThe Building Schools for the Future(BSF) and AdvancedLearning Centre (ALC) programmes aim to provideimprovements in local education for children and adults.However, the combining of a number of schools on onesite can have a negative effect in other policy areas. Suchas accessibility, road safety and health. The ALC can havea major influence on the latter by reducing or increasingthe opportunity for cycling and walking to school.Consequently an effective School Travel Plan (STP) settingclear annual targets and outcomes for active travel toschool need to be carefully embedded in the localcommunities served by each individual ALC. It is proposedthat the STP’s be monitored and scored for their ability tocontribute toward the health of the pupils and staff, alongwith their success in encouraging active travel. The STP’swill also provide much baseline information for a futureHIA of this policy.This policy is the key to achieving:AMBITION 7 of the SCS – Barnsley children and youngpeople - aiming high, enjoying life and seizing opportunityAssessmentAMBERGREEN3.Do the policies reduce healthinequalities?The merging of schools to form ALC’s can result in thechildren and parents travelling significantly further to thesite. Unless supporting funds are made available to developthe school travel plans and infrastructure in the mediumto longer term, the health inequalities could widen evenfurther. The health of the local population close to site couldalso be affected by increased traffic pollution as moreparents drive their children to school.With a wide life expectancy gap across the borough, (nowbeginning to decrease from a previous level of over 12years ), it is essential that a more detailed assessment ofthe Education sites, health and active travel be carried outas a measure to support further reduction in healthinequalities. This should include STPs, in particularrecognising their role in improving health of the studentsand staff, and the role of STPs as tool to encourage activetravel to school, with support from parents and studentsat each ALC. A more detailed assessment will includerecommendations for all parties to take forward.AMBER51
LDF Core Strategy HIA - Screening and Scoping5 . Scoping the Core Strategy specific “Policies”4.What resources are availableto carry out a full HIA?Further commentsAt present only limited resources are available.-RED52
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