We deliver robust, planning-aligned Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) that evaluate how proposed developments will influence health and wellbeing for occupants, communities, and future users.
Using recognised best practice frameworks including the NHS Healthy Urban Development Unit (HUDU), Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), and local planning authority guidance, we assess potential impacts across the wider detriments of health, including physical activity, mental wellbeing, environment quality, social cohesion and access to services, identifying both risks and opportunities for enhancement.
Our approach is proportionate to the scale and context of development, with clear screening, scoping and mitigation strategies aligned to planning expectations.
We translate assessment findings into practical design, placemaking and operational recommendations, supporting consent, reducing planning risk and demonstrating credible social value aligned with long-term asset performance.
A Health Impact Assessment is a structured and evidence-based evaluation of how a proposed development, whether residential, commercial, mixed-use, or strategic, may affect the health and wellbeing of people who live, work, or spend time in the area with particular regard to inequalities.
HIAs are increasingly required through the planning process, particularly for major developments within areas experiencing health disparities. They also provide a mechanism to demonstrate alignment with local health priorities, ESG objectives, and broader social impact strategies.
Health and wellbeing are increasingly central to planning policy, particularly in areas experiencing health inequalities.
A Health Impact Assessment provides a structured way to understand how developments can reduce health disparities, improve access to healthy environments, and support long-term community resilience. When approached strategically, an HIA also strengthens commercial performance. Healthier, more inclusive environments are linked to improved occupier satisfaction, stronger retention, and long-term asset resilience.
Our approach connects health evidence, local context and best practice frameworks to identify both risks and opportunities. We assess how design, access, environmental quality and social infrastructure may influence physical, mental and social wellbeing, with particular focus on reducing inequalities and supporting vulnerable groups.
The result is an HIA that supports planning approval while translating evidence into practical design and operational actions. This helps deliver schemes that contribute meaningfully to community health while enhancing desirability, credibility and long-term asset value.
reviewing national and local planning policy, site context and population health indicators to identify the most relevant health determinants.
assessing likely effects across access to services, active travel, environmental quality, safety, housing standards, green space, social cohesion and economic participation.
identifying practical design and operational measures that reduce risk and strengthen positive health outcomes.
preparation of HIA documentation aligned with local authority requirements and support through consultation and determination.
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