Planning System Role in Health and Well-being

The SPPS states that the planning system has an active role to play in helping to better the lives of people and communities in Northern Ireland and in supporting the Executive's key priority of improving health and well-being. For the purpose of the SPPS the Department supports the World Health Organisation's definition of health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity'. The SPPS goes on to state that planning authorities should contribute positively to health and well-being through supporting broader government policy when plan making.