We propose a generalization of Heath's theorem that semi-metric spaces with point-countable bases are developable: A semi-metrizable space X is developabale if (and only if) there is on it a σ-discrete family of closed sets, interior-preserving over each member C of which is a countable family {n(C): n ∈ N} of collections of open sets such that if U is a neighbourhood of ξ∈X, then there are such a Γ∈ and such a v∈ N that ξ ? Γ and ξ∈ int ∩ (D: ξ: D∈v(Γ))?U.