TCPA Practical Guides – Guide 8: Creating health promoting environments

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The notion of Garden Towns/ Villages has gained momentum in recent years in response to the UK’s housing shortage. As the first Garden Villages begin to take shape with the Government’s support, many are concerned that in creating these new places quantity may be prioritised ahead of quality. In response to such concerns and with the support of BRE, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has produced a suite of guidance with practical steps for creating successful new communities. The most recent publication of this series, Guide 8, sets out how new Garden Cities should be designed to promote the health of their populations. TCPA refers to BREEAM and Home Quality Mark (HQM) in the Guide as tools that can help implement and measure health and wellbeing elements in design and construction of masterplans and building.