Building for a Healthy Life

The Design Network, of which designe is a member, is the only accredited provider of Building for a Healthy Life assessments.

Building for a Healthy Life is England’s most widely known and most widely used design assessment tool for creating places that are better for people and nature. It is endorsed in national planning policy (NPPF 2021, Chapter 12, paragraph 133) as an assessment framework to support the delivery of well-designed places.

Assessments cover 12 criteria that contribute to high quality placemaking. Reports are issued using a traffic light system, supported by detailed assessment and guidance outlining how schemes can be improved and noting what is already positive about a proposed development. All assessments are undertaken and validated by designe panel members.

Schemes that score 9 or more greens (with no reds) qualify for Built for a Healthy Life accreditation, which demonstrates that the scheme is of high quality and meets the national criteria for good placemaking.

For more information, please contact alan@designeltd.com