Health and thriving neighbourhoods

Planning can play a crucial role in encouraging healthy lifestyles and delivering social and education infrastructure for community use. Our Southwark Plan (2022) supports these aspirations.

Health

Evidence base documents related to health are listed below. To view evidence specific to Old Kent Road (OKR), please visit the OKR page.

Alcohol needs assessment

The Alcohol needs assessment (2011) ^{(PDF, 1mb)}

• quantifies the prevalence of alcohol related behaviours.
• shows the impact of alcohol on health in Southwark.
• assesses the services provided to reduce alcohol related harm.

Betting shops

The Betting, Borrowing and Health Report (2014) [SP409] ^{(PDF, 3.2mb)}

• presents evidence on the concerning health effects of gambling and the use of betting and payday loan shops.
• supports policy P40 in the Southwark Plan (2022).

The policy context and use class categorisation outlined in the report are outdated but the evidence presented in the literature review remains relevant.

Responding to the Cumulative Impact of Betting Shops – A practical discussion guide for London boroughs (2013) [SP410] ^{(PDF, 782kb)} outlines the broad range of issues and merits that licensing authorities must consider when producing policy responses to the negative impacts of betting shops. 

Child obesity

The Southwark child obesity joint review report (2012) ^{(PDF, 1.1mb)}

• examines the high rate of childhood obesity in the borough.
• recommends a wide range of actions to counteract the increasing prevalence.

Hot food takeaway

The Southwark Hot Food Takeaways Report (2018) [SP501] ^{(PDF, 2mb)} provides the evidence base in support of Policy P45 Hot Food Takeaways in Southwark Plan (2022). 

Page last updated: 17 May 2023