Chrysikou, E;
(2018)
Residential facilities for psychosocial rehabilitation: planning permit regulations and social inclusion.
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Health: The Design, Planning and Politics of How and Where We Live.
AMPS: Bristol, UK.
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Abstract
Mental illness presents significant increase affecting a quarter of the population. Yet, institutions are still responsible for preventing mentally ill people from having integrated lives in the community. Existing planning legislation might contribute to this. A potential mechanism is the requirement for non-residential use of land for mental health accommodation and their subsequent characterization as ‘special buildings’. However, change of mental health accommodation planning and licensing legislation could be more enabling for people’s social integration. The paper explores the planning legislation of a country with an extensive network of community-based mental health facilities, the consequences of planning legislation to the actual integration of its mentally ill people and how alterations on the change of use legislation for accommodation for mental health affected the national integration outcome. The research was top down, led by the European Commission and the Ministry of Health. The sample comprised 112 out of 116 community-based facilities. The research highlighted those elements in the existing planning legislation that favored segregated institutions. The uses of land framework promoted the development of mental health accommodation in buildings designed for other purposes (i.e., industrial, logistics or offices) or in segregated areas. The research identified planning legislation as a key disabler of social inclusion. Then, alternatives were tested, including the redefinition of uses; a change that initially generated functional complications. The condition of altering uses alone proved inadequate, so new design guidelines were introduced to act as quality control mechanism. A set of fit-for-purpose-guidelines incorporated in national legislation.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Residential facilities for psychosocial rehabilitation: planning permit regulations and social inclusion |
| Event: | Architecture_MPS 2018 |
| Location: | Bristol |
| Dates: | 25 January 2018 - 26 January 2018 |
| ISBN: | 2398-9467. |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://architecturemps.com/proceedings/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | healthcare facilities, policy, legislation, mental health, psychosocial rehabilitation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett Sch of Const and Proj Mgt UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett Sch of Const and Proj Mgt > Bartlett Real Estate Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053836 |
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