The TCPA has long championed that the way places are planned, designed, built and managed has a significant influence over whether communities are able to live healthy lives. The built and natural environments are important determinants of health and shape health inequalities.
We support councils and communities with advice about planning healthier, more active environments and how to ensure that plans and policies help deliver public health objectives. Evidence shows that creating ‘complete, compact and connected’ neighbourhoods – otherwise known as 20-minute neighbourhoods – results in places that are healthier to live in and contribute to climate targets.
The TCPA has published a range of influential reports and practical guidance documents which can be found in our Resource library.
Contact
Please contact Gemma Hyde for further information.
Workshops
Healthy Local Plans and policies
We help councils use public health data to strengthen their Local Plans and policies to ensure new development supports good health for all. We can provide bespoke practical advice for your area.
Food environments
The TCPA is exploring how to support empowering food environments that enable people to make healthy choices.
Campaign for Healthy Homes
The campaign aims to transform the way that the built environment is regulated to ensure that all new homes promote the health and wellbeing of their residents.
20-minute neighbourhoods
Around the world there is growing interest in creating places in which most of people’s daily needs can be met within a short walk or cycle.
TCPA healthy place-making publications
A collection of the TCPA’s healthy place-making publications
Additional healthy place-making resources
A collection of helpful healthy place-making resources from external organisations
Resources
Campaign for Healthy Homes
This pamphlet tells the story of the Campaign for Healthy Homes - the successes and the struggles - and looks ahead to the future of healthy housing.
News & Blog
Hot Housing: Why is the government still permitting overheated office conversions?
Research by UCL Bartlett School of Planning has found nearly half of residents in deregulated Permitted Development housing conversions report overheating in the summer. …
Housing standards as a strategic determinant of health
The latest legislative changes establish housing standards and other ‘general determinants of health’ as a means to address health through strategic authorities, spatial development strategies and…
Join us for the Curious Cities Assembly 2026
Curious Cities Assembly 2026 is a new gathering of elected leaders, advocates and experts focused on making cities safer, healthier…
