2025 Planning and Public Health Masterclass

In May 2025, as part of our Healthy Places Project, funded by The Health Foundation, we hosted a Planning and Public Health Masterclass in partnership with Prior + Partners. The session aimed to facilitate and strengthen collaborative relationships around the concept of Healthy Places by bringing together professionals from public health and planning.

Currently, local areas across England adopt varied approaches to planning, leading to inconsistencies in language and practice. Creating a collaborative, cross-sector environment can support the integration of health considerations into all policy areas.

The session aimed to make the planning process more transparent and accessible for public health professionals, while providing practical tools and ideas for integrating planning into their everyday work

• Purpose of planning and its intersection with public health.
• Current UK planning system: Legislation and policy backdrop.
• Planning for health at different scales.
• Challenges in the current system.
• Opportunities arising from the reformed system.
• Strategies for effective collaboration.