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Designing a built environment that promotes physical activity for everyone, including older people, must become...
Recommendation
Designing a built environment that promotes physical activity for everyone, including older people, must become a core requirement when designing public spaces. We recommend that the revised National Planning Policy Framework and the Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance embed Sport England’s active design principles. (Recommendation, Paragraph 80) 45
Source
Committee
Health and Social Care Committee
Report
8th Report – Healthy Ageing: physical activity in an ageing society
22 May 2026
HC 1180
Addressee Bodies
Department of Health and Social Care
Timeline
Report published
22 May 2026