2. Northstowe Healthy New Town
Housing LIN 4 May 2016
Iain Green, Senior Health Improvement Specialist, Cambridgeshire County Council

3. Northstowe 483 hectares on former Ministry of Defence land
10,000 homes
One of the largest planned new communities in more than 50 years

4. Northstowe Innovation
New community designed from scratch
Built environment to facilitate healthy living
Homes designed for an ageing population
Health and community facilities provided early
Health provision geared toward treating people in the community

5. The NHS Healthy New Town Programme
In the NHS Five Year Forward View, a clear commitment was made to dramatically improve population health, and integrate health and care services, as new places are built and take shape.
Funding
Support

6. Our Bid Accommodation for Older People Tackling obesity
development of sustainable mixed accommodation schemes for older people across a spectrum of housing, health and social care needs
Tackling obesity
mixed/inclusive/walkable neighbourhoods with good connections and excellent access to facilities and open space.

7. Delivering a Healthy New Town
Appreciate what older people want in new housing and deliver homes suitable for an ageing population
Consider the needs of specialist housing for other groups (vulnerable/individual with mental health issues etc)
Implement innovative models for health and care provision; treating more people within their community
Integrate the right new digital health technologies in the fabric of the town
Push beyond planning requirements to achieve an excellent built environment that encourages healthy activity
Meet the needs of all, including excellent provision for young people to ensure a sustainable community

8. Our Bid

9. Who are we? – the partnership
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) Joint lead partner)
South Cambridgeshire District Council (Joint lead partner)
The Homes and Communities Agency (Joint lead partner)
Cambridgeshire County Council
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group
Sheffield Hallam University
John Laing and Nichol Thomas (Architecture and Master Planning Consultants)
Sustrans
Spice Innovations Limited (who develop Time Credit systems)

10. What next – the roadmap Recruitment of project support
Stocktake of current position
Engagement workshops with:
key stakeholders
Wider community