Support

Representation ID: 3825

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Jenny Woodward

I support much of the above. However, there needs to be more explicit emphasis on addressing Bradford's health inequalities - and planning has a big impact on that both in terms of a fair distribution of health-promoting resources (e.g. parks / green spaces / communal facilities) and health-depriving resources (e.g. roads / incinerators). There needs to be a mechanism to assess impact on inequalities on every decision . At the moment more confident, vocal residents appear to have a unfair advantage in influence planning decisions.

Much of the above seems to apply to new developments. Yet, the vast majority of people live in existing houses. Could planning take a more pro-active approach and assess existing areas to see what can be done to improve health there. e.g. pocket parks, use of legislation to enforce housing quality.