Urban planners and public health officers needed to help shape the future of local plans

A new resource could help investors make better decisions for our health by quantifying the potential value of health benefits of environmental changes such as improved air quality or more active travel, according to two new research reports published today (10 September 2025). In a collaboration with Federated Hermes Real Estate, the Universities of Reading […]

Federated Hermes Real Estate, a responsible real estate investment manager, has joined forces with TRUUD to examine and deliver health as an element of the built urban environment. TRUUD (Tackling Root causes upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development) is a £10m research project, based at the University of Bristol, looking at how urban centres can be […]

Leading build to rent developer, Dandara Living is working with the TRUUD research programme to help improve the way health is considered and delivered for urban places. Based at the University of Bristol, and with researchers across six different universities, TRUUD (Tackling the Root causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development) is a £10 million research […]

Oxford Properties, a leading global real estate investor, developer and manager, is partnering with the TRUUD research programme to help improve the way health is integrated into planning urban places. Based at the University of Bristol, and with researchers across six different universities, TRUUD (Tackling the Root causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development) is a […]

Expert voices from planning, health, government and consultants share their insights of using Health Impact Assessments as a force for good to create healthier new communities. In a series of nine films from the TRUUD research programme, participants look at their own experiences of embedding requirements for Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) in their local plans […]

Local government planners and public health officers can learn how to make best use of a new framework for creating healthy Local Plans in a free webinar on Monday 30 September. Co-hosted by the TRUUD research programme and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), the hour-long session from 2pm will be an opportunity to […]

New practical guidance to help local authorities in England create places that promote health was launched today (Monday 30 September) by the TRUUD research programme and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA). Local Plans are key statutory documents through which local planning authorities set out a vision and framework for how an area will […]

Professionals in urban development and property can boost the way they make decisions about health in an event hosted by the TRUUD research consortium and Dandara Living. Initial research by TRUUD, a five-year research programme aimed at reducing non-communicable diseases in the urban environment, revealed that professionals in urban development agree that health is important […]

Image: Richard Bloom Real estate investor, LandsecU+I is collaborating with the TRUUD research programme to improve the way investors can take health evidence into account when creating new urban developments. Based at the University of Bristol, and with researchers across six different universities, TRUUD (Tackling the Root causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development) is a […]

Significant central government support will unlock the ability of England’s mayors to deliver on complex missions such as a preventing ill-health according to a new paper in Regional Studies. Researchers at the University of Bristol and the University of Bath explored existing literature and analysed interviews with 132 influential professionals in urban development to investigate […]

Resources aimed at supporting professionals in urban development to include health in their practice are now available from the TRUUD research programme. Based at the University of Bristol, and with researchers across six different universities, TRUUD (Tackling the Root causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development) is a £10 million research project, looking at how urban […]

Resources aimed at supporting professionals in urban development to include health in their practice are now available from the TRUUD research programme.

Significant central government support will unlock the ability of England’s mayors to deliver on complex missions such as a preventing ill-health according to

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Real estate investor, LandsecU+I is collaborating with the TRUUD research programme to improve the way investors can take health evidence into account when

Professionals in property can boost the way they make decisions about health in an event hosted by the TRUUD research consortium and Dandara Living.

Nixon, L., Sheard, L., Sheringham, J. et al. Navigating the complexity of a collaborative, system-wide public health programme: learning from a longitudinal qualitative evaluation of the ActEarly City Collaboratory. Health Res Policy Sys 22, 138 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01227-2

Local Plans are key statutory documents through which local planning authorities set out a vision and framework for how an area will change and develop. The

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Local government planners and public health officers can learn how to make best use of a new framework for creating healthy Local Plans in a free webinar on

Read the latest ActEarly e-Bulletin here

Expert voices from planning, health, government and consultants share their insights of using Health Impact Assessments as a force for good to create

Oxford Properties, a leading global real estate investor, developer and manager, is partnering with the TRUUD research programme to help improve the way

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