{"id":4663,"date":"2013-11-29T15:39:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T02:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/?p=4663"},"modified":"2013-12-01T17:49:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T04:49:42","slug":"great-planning-advice-for-uk-local-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/?p=4663","title":{"rendered":"Great Planning Advice for UK Local Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"PHE Briefing on Obesity and the Environment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/256796\/Briefing_Obesity_and_active_travel_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4664\" title=\"PHE BriefingCover\" src=\"http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PHE-BriefingCover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PHE-BriefingCover.jpg 655w, http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PHE-BriefingCover-150x57.jpg 150w, http:\/\/willandrewsdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PHE-BriefingCover-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK call me uncool for enthusing about yet another policy document but it&#8217;s nothing short of wonderful to see responsible parties finally joining the dots between poor, car-dependent planning and our obesity crisis!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/256796\/Briefing_Obesity_and_active_travel_final.pdf\">View Briefing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the UK&#8217;s Department of Health, through a subsidiary office, Public Health England, working with the organisation that co-ordinates local governments throughout England and Wales, to promote more sensible planning after decades of obesogenic developments. \u00a0May it grow big teeth and play its part in our progress towards healthier towns and cities.<\/p>\n<p>Good to see a health-policy briefing listing off our favourite advantages of increased cycling and walking-<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 supports local businesses and promotes vibrant town centres<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 provides a high-quality, appealing public realm<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 reduces car travel, air pollution, carbon dioxide emissions and congestion<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 reduces road danger and noise\u00a0\u2022 increases the number of people of all ages out on the streets, making public spaces seem more welcoming and providing opportunities for social interaction and children\u2019s play<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 provides an opportunity for everyone, including people with impairments, to exerience and enjoy the outdoor environment<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK call me uncool for enthusing about yet another policy document but it&#8217;s nothing short of wonderful to see responsible parties finally joining the dots between poor, car-dependent planning and our obesity crisis! View Briefing This is the UK&#8217;s Department of Health, through a subsidiary office, Public Health England, working with the organisation that co-ordinates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,22,5,18,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4663"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4663"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4676,"href":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4663\/revisions\/4676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.willandrewsdesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}