Comprehensive Planning

This model comprehensive plan assessment tool is designed to guide municipalities in creating comprehensive plans that clearly articulate goals and strategies for providing their residents with more opportunities to live healthier lives. The report offers a comprehensive plan healthy-community checklist structured around five overarching healthy community planning principles:

• bike/pedestrian accessibility
• complete streets
• parks and open spaces
• compact and mixed use development
• convenient access to healthy food.

It provides five examples of using the checklist to review local plans for health components.