Local living and 20 minute neighbourhoods: planning guidance

The guidance on local living and 20 minute neighbourhoods aims to encourage, promote and facilitate the application of the Place Principle and create connected and compact neighbourhoods which prioritise environmental, social and economic sustainability.

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Footnotes

1. Rodriguez-Lopez et al (2017). The Threshold Distance Associated with Walking From Home To School. (Accessed February 2023). Gunn et all (2016). Identifying destination distances that support walking trips in local neighborhoods. (Accessed February 2023). Badland et al (2014). Urban liveability: Emerging lessons from Australia for exploring the potential for indicators to measure the social determinants of health. (Accessed February 2023)

See, for example: Rodriguez-Lopez, C. et al (2017). The threshold distance associated with walking from home to school. Health Education & Behavior, 44:6, pp. 857-866. doi: 10.1177/1090198116688429 (accessed February 2023); Gunn, L. D. et al (2017). Identifying destination distances that support walking trips in local neighborhoods. Journal of Transport & Health, 5, pp. 133-141. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2016.08.009 (accessed February 2023); Badland, H. et al (2014). Urban liveability: emerging lessons from Australia for exploring the potential for indicators to measure the social determinants of health. Social Science & Medicine, 111, pp. 64-73. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.003 (accessed February 2023).

Streb, M. (2022). Walkable neighbourhoods: building in the right places to reduce car dependency.Retrieved from: https://www.sustrans.org.uk/media/10520/walkable-neighbourhoods-report.pdf#:~:text=When%20journeys%20are%20short%20enough%2C%20most%20people%20walk.,willing%20to%20walk%20to%20meet%20their%20daily%20needs (accessed December 2023).

2. O'Gorman, S. and Dillon-Robinson, R. (2021). 20 Minute Neighbourhoods in a Scottish Context. Retrieved from https://www.climatexchange.org.uk/media/5395/cxc-20-minute-neighbourhoods-in-a-scottish-context-march-2021.pdf (accessed December 2023).

3. World Health Organization (n.d.) Constitution of the World Health Organization. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/about/governance/constitution (accessed 18 July 2023).

4. Public Health Scotland (2021). What are health inequalities? Retrieved from https://www.healthscotland.scot/health-inequalities/what-are-health-inequalities (accessed 18 July 2023).

5. Olsen, J. R. et al (2022). Nationwide equity assessment of the 20-min neighbourhood in the Scottish context: a socio-spatial proximity analysis of residential locations. Social Science & Medicine, 315:115502. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115502

6. Anchor institutions are those that are rooted in place and bring about multiple benefits for a community, and they are recognised as contributing to community wealth building and the delivery of a wellbeing economy for Scotland.

7. The Place and Wellbeing Outcomes - developed by the Place and Wellbeing Collaborative. Retrieved from: https://www.improvementservice.org.uk/products-and-services/consultancy-and-support/planning-for-place-programme/place-and-wellbeing-outcomes (accessed December 2023)

8. Public Health Scotland (2022), "Evidence behind the Place Standard Tool and Place and Wellbeing Outcomes". Retrieved from https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/evidence-behind-place-standard-tool-and-place-and-wellbeing-outcomes/evidence-behind-place-standard-tool-and-place-and-wellbeing-outcomes/ (accessed December 2023).

9. Rye. T. Burns, J. Whitefield, A. Oxley-Glenister, K. Pinkard, J. Ansons Consulting Ltd, (Aug 2023). Reducing car use through parking policies: an evidence review Retrieved from https://www.climatexchange.org.uk/projects/reducing-car-use-through-parking-policies-an-evidence-review/ (accessed January 2024). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/3776

10. The Scottish Government's strategy, Housing to 2040 sets out a vision for housing in Scotland to 2040 and a route map to get there.

11. O'Gorman and Dillon-Robinson (2021). 20 Minute Neighbourhoods in a Scottish Context.

12. The Spatial Planning for Health and Wellbeing Collaborative Group – now the Place and Wellbeing Collaborative - involves public health and planning practitioners and organisations who are working to embed place, health and wellbeing themes, expertise and evidence into spatial planning policy including NPF4, the Scottish Government ambition for 20 minute neighbourhoods, and regulations for health assessments of national and major developments.

Contact

Email: chief.planner@gov.scot

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