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Food and Planning: How London's planners can improve access to healthy and sustainable food
44pp - 2004 | 2256Kb
Food and Planning: How London's planners can improve access to healthy and sustainable food
44pp - 2004 | 2256Kb
Written to contribute to the development of the Mayor's London Food Strategy, this report draws on the experiences of London's planners in helping local people gain better access to good food, food skills, and opportunities to grow their own fruit and vegetables.
Planners have an influential role to play in making it possible for people to enjoy good, fresh food that is affordable and readily accessible. This document presents guidance from the London Development Agency on how planners can help to improve access to healthy and affordable food for people living in deprived areas of London. It contains a wealth of ideas, drawing on examples of what local authorities and organisations have done and the lessons learnt.
The guidance presents the evidence that poor access to healthy and affordable food contributes to inequalities in life expectancy in London boroughs. It offers a framework within which London borough planners can seek to tackle these problems. It also signals how work to improve food access can help local authorities fulfil targets and commitments in the London Plan, local area frameworks, sub-regional development frameworks, Local NHS Delivery Plans, community plans and local Public Service Agreements.
What we know
What this document adds
Progress update: Since publication of this report, Sustain has worked with local authorities, community support workers, planners and social landlords to, for example, develop retail strategies that support good food and establish community food growing spaces for the benefit of local people, particularly those living on a low income. See for example: Capital Growth, the campaign to support 2,012 new community food growing spaces for London by the end of 2012, www.capitalgrowth.org
Foreword by Kath Dalmeny, Policy Director of Sustain and member of the London Food Board Executive
Summary
Introduction
1. Why is access to healthy and affordable food important?
2. Why is improving food access important to local authorities?
3. How can London’s borough planners improve food access?
Appendices
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