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LDF Core Strategy HIA - Screening and Scoping4 . Key Issues1. To be the spatial interpretation of the Sustainable Community Strategy - Clear planning policy linkswith community strategy are needed to enable the ambitions of the community strategy to be met.The documents sets out these spatial issues in detail and provides an understand of how the CoreStrategy will deliver policies which will contribute towards the SCS . The importance of the forthcomingbackground papers in supporting the SCS cannot be emphasised enough.2. To improve access, movement and connectivity with sustainable travel - Improving access andconnectivity are key to the long term economic growth of the borough. It is however vital to the healthof the borough that smarter choices such as cycling and walking are prioritised in planning policy toensure we address the key issues of obesity and early deaths from heart disease and stroke and thatthese are minimised. This is set out in Transportation Strategy embedded in the core strategy.3. To secure safe, healthy and inclusive communities and promote wellbeing - Well planned residentialdevelopments such as home zones which offer good personal security and reduce the risk of roadtraffic accidents can encourage walking and cycling. The Development Sites and Places DevelopmentPlan Document needs to include further details of how this will be delivered.4. To make efficient use of land and infrastructure - Good quality infrastructure is the key to encouragesustainable travel and healthy lifestyles. However green space also has strong links to health and isan essential element of any community. In particular greenspaces relevance to mental health is oftenover looked. There are clear linkages between Green Space, travel and health which need more detailrecognition in any future background papers.5. To accelerate economic growth - Community health can benefit if local people are successfullyemployed, particularly from deprived communities. The health benefits from such policies are manyand again the health implications should be emphasised in the background papers.6. To ensure all new development is sustainably designed and built to the highest standards - Housingstandards are of particular importance to public health. Conditions such as asthma are detrimentallyaffected by poor quality housing. Both location in terms of accessibility to service and employmentand design need to be sustainable.7. To deliver a sufficient supply of housing to provide balanced mixed communities and support economicgrowth - The Growth Corridor concept should help address the shortage of housing and reduce healthinequalities. However, the new properties need to have greatly improved links to public transport andencourage smarter choices.8. To help protect and improve the countryside and natural environment - The countryside around Barnsleyneeds to be promoted more effectively for local people to enjoy. For those young children and adultsliving in the urban environment and those adults with mental health problems the countryside canprovide a relaxing alternative to the stresses of everyday life. The health benefits of policies aimed atimproving the natural environment are often overlooked.7
LDF Core Strategy HIA - Screening and Scoping4 . Key Issues9. Sustainable Communities - The Core Strategy clearly recognises the importance of development inaccessible locations and the need to limit in areas where access is poor. This is further reinforced inareas such as Penistone where the need to support the rural economy through tourism whilstmaintaining the green belt is recognised in conjunction with a Community Accessibility Study. Thebenefits to health of improved accessibility to employment and services cannot be over estimated.10. Town Centre Area Action Plan - The Core Strategy recognises the importance of the TCAAP indeveloping a built environment which has a major influence on health and wellbeing.11. The Local Housing stock - The Core Strategy’s reference to the HMR Pathfinder Initiative in the Dearne,Green Corridor and the SCR Eco Valley projects are all welcome inclusions in the document. Thebenefits to health of these projects though difficult to define in detail at this stage are most likely to bepositive.12. Development of District Centres - Recognition of the need to develop district centres with their ownidentity is a positive step in terms of strengthening these communities and ensuring local facilities areimproved. Royston being a good example where proposals to improve the Midland St/The Wells areaand capitalise on the Green Corridor status to improve local housing stock are likely to benefit health.13. Connectivity - Recognition of the reliance on public transport for employment opportunities particularlyin rural areas such as Penistone and the need to improve connectivity is also welcome.14. Affordable Housing - Provision of affordable housing in villages is likely to have clear health benefits.15. The forthcoming DPD’s and SPD’s - will require consultation with public health professionals if theyare to have a positive impact on the health of local communities.16. The detailed traffic modelling - will provide a strong evidence base for all forms of transport investmentat local, sub-regional and regional levels. The modelling may also strengthen the case for active traveland when linked to a future air quality model, may also provide health benefits by minimising trafficpollution of new schemes.17. Waste and Recycling – Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham have agreed to produce a joint wastecore strategy document. This will need detailed consideration and it is suggested that a separate HIAis carried out at the time of publication. One of the aims of the policies within the joint waste corestrategy will be to reduce the amount of waste, by reducing landfill. However, this does need carefulmanagement of handled and transferring of waste to minimise vehicle emissions. A particularly importantconsideration, as the three partners in the BDR scheme cover a wide geographical area and hencehave the potential to adversely effect traffic pollution as well as the more obvious environmental issues.Mitigation measures may be necessary to minimise impact of this policy on the heath of specificcommunities. Hence a more detailed assessment is required into the specific sites proposed. This willaim to clearly establish the health implications of the waste policies.8
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