SHAPING the BOROUGH Waltham Forest Local Plan (LP1) 2020 – 2035
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SHAPING THE BOROUGH Waltham forest local plan (LP1) 2020 – 2035 Proposed Submission Document (Regulation 19) October 2020 London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan Proposed Submission Local Plan (LP1) - Shaping the Borough Translation Translation London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan Proposed Submission Local Plan (LP1) - Shaping the Borough Contents Foreword 1 Introduction 1 Introduction and Background 1 2 Borough Portrait - Waltham Forest 5 Spatial Strategy 3 Vision and Strategic Objectives 9 4 Waltham Forest©s Spatial and Growth Strategy 15 5 South Waltham Forest 31 6 Central Waltham Forest 39 7 North Waltham Forest 46 Thematic Policies 8 Decent Homes for Everyone 53 9 Building a Resilient and Creative Economy 71 10 Promoting Culture and Creativity 88 11 Distinctive Town Centres and High Streets 98 12 Social and Community Infrastructure 115 13 Promoting Health and Well-being 123 14 Creating High Quality Places 132 15 Active Travel, Transport & Digital Infrastructure 142 16 Enhancing and Preserving our Heritage 165 17 Protecting and Enhancing the Environment 175 18 Addressing the Climate Emergency 197 19 Promoting Sustainable Waste Management 208 Implementation & Monitoring London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan Proposed Submission Local Plan (LP1) - Shaping the Borough 20 Delivering the Plan 212 Appendices 1 Parking Standards 222 Contents 2 Employment Land Character & Visions 237 3 Policies Map Changes 246 4 Evidence Base 268 5 Monitoring Indicators and Targets 269 Glossary 1 Glossary 280 Six Golden Threads 9 Strategic Objectives 13 Policy 1 - Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development 16 Policy 2 - Scale of Growth 17 Policy 3 - Infrastructure for Growth 18 Policy 4 - Location of Growth 20 Policy 5 - Management of Growth 22 Policy 6 - Ensuring Good Growth 26 Policy 7 - Encouraging Mixed Use Development 28 Policy 8 - Character-led Intensification 29 Policy 9 - South Waltham Forest 35 Policy 10 - Central Waltham Forest 43 Policy 11- North Waltham Forest 49 Policy 12 - Increasing Housing Supply 54 Policy 13 - Delivering Genuinely Affordable Housing 56 Policy 14 - Affordable Housing Tenure 59 Policy 15 - Housing Size and Mix 60 Policy 16 - Accessible and Adaptable Housing 61 Policy 17 - Redevelopment and Intensification of Existing Housing Estates 61 Policy 18 - Other Forms of Housing 62 Policy 19 - Small Sites 64 Policy 20 - Housing in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and Conversions 64 Policy 21 - Downsizing 66 London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan Proposed Submission Local Plan (LP1) - Shaping the Borough Contents Policy 22 - Supported and Specialist Accommodation 67 Policy 23 - Gypsies and Travellers 69 Policy 24 - Community Housing 69 Policy 25 - Supporting Economic Growth and Jobs 73 Policy 26 - Safeguarding and Managing Strategic Industrial Land (SIL) 75 Policy 27 - Safeguarding and Managing Change in Locally Significant Industrial Sites (LSIS) 76 Policy 28 - Safeguarding and Managing Change in Borough Employment Areas 77 Policy 29 - Approach to Non-Designated Employment Land 78 Policy 30 - Industrial Masterplan Approach 79 Policy 31 - Co-location Design Principles 82 Policy 32 - Workspaces 83 Policy 33 - Affordable Workspace 84 Policy 34 - Local Jobs, Skills, Training and Procurement 85 Policy 35 - Railway Arches 86 Policy 36 - Promoting Culture and Creativity 91 Policy 37 - Protecting Public Houses (Pubs) 93 Policy 38 - Blackhorse Lane Creative Enterprise Zone 95 Policy 39 - Hierarchy of Centres 99 Policy 40 - New Retail, Office and Leisure Developments 101 Policy 41 - Revitalisation, Adaptation and Regeneration in Designated Centres and Parades 103 Policy 42 - Managing Changes of Use in Primary Shopping Areas 106 Policy 43 - Managing Changes of Use Outside Primary Shopping Areas of Designated Centres 107 Policy 44 - Managing Changes of Use in Neighbourhood Centres and Local Retail Parades 107 Policy 45 - Managing Changes of Use in Non-Designated Areas 109 Policy 46 - Evening and Night-time Economy Uses 110 Policy 47 - Shopfronts and Signage 111 Policy 48 - Social and Community Infrastructure 115 Policy 49 - Education and Childcare Facilities 119 Policy 50 - Promoting Healthy Communities 124 Policy 51 - Health Impact Assessment 127 Policy 52 - Making Safer Places 127 Policy 53 - Noise, Vibration and Light Pollution 128 Policy 54 - Hot Food Takeaways 129 Policy 55 - Betting Shops and Payday Loan Shops 130 Policy 56 - Delivering High-Quality Design 132 Policy 57 - Taller and Tall Buildings 134 Policy 58 - Residential Space Standards 138 Policy 59 - Amenity 140 London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan Proposed Submission Local Plan (LP1) - Shaping the Borough Policy 60 - Designing Out Crime 140 Policy 61 - Advertisements, Hoardings and Signage 141 Policy 62 - Promoting Sustainable Transport 144 Policy 63 - Active Travel 146 Policy 64 - Public Transport 150 Policy 65 - Development and Transport Impacts 153 Contents Policy 66 - Deliveries, Freight and Servicing 153 Policy 67 - Construction Logistic Plans (CLPs) 154 Policy 68 - Managing Vehicle Traffic 156 Policy 69 - Electric Vehicles (EV) 159 Policy 70 - Utilities Infrastructure 160 Policy 71 - Digital Infrastructure 162 Policy 72 - Designated Heritage Assets 166 Policy 73 - Listed Buildings 169 Policy 74 - Conservation Areas 171 Policy 75 - Archaeological Assets and Archaeological Priority Areas 172 Policy 76 - Non-Designated Heritage Assets 173 Policy 77 - Locally Listed Buildings 174 Policy 78 - Highams Area of Special Character 174 Policy 79 - Green Infrastructure and the Natural Environment 177 Policy 80 - Parks Open Spaces and Recreation 181 Policy 81 - Biodiversity and Geodiversity 185 Policy 82 - Trees 188 Policy 83 - The Epping Forest and the Epping Forest Special Area of Conservation 190 Policy 84 - The Lee Valley Regional Park 193 Policy 85 - Protecting and Enhancing Waterways and River Corridors 194 Policy 86 - Food Growing and Allotments 196 Policy 87 - A Zero Carbon Borough 198 Policy 88 - Decentralised Energy 199 Policy 89 - Sustainable Design and Construction 200 Policy 90 - Air Pollution 201 Policy 91 - Water Quality and Water Resources 202 Policy 92 - Contaminated Land 204 Policy 93 - Managing Flood Risk 204 Policy 94 - Overheating 207 Policy 95 - Waste Management 209 Policy 96 - Infrastructure and Developer Contributions 216 Policy 97 - Monitoring Growth Targets 221 London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan Proposed Submission Local Plan (LP1) - Shaping the Borough Contents London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan Proposed Submission Local Plan (LP1) - Shaping the Borough Foreword Waltham Forest is a desirable part of London and a place where people want to live, raise a family and start a business.The Local Plan plays an important role in making these dreams a reality - delivering good growth while ensuring the unique character of the borough is protected and enhanced. Our priority as a Council is to plan for future growth, so that development makes a lasting and positive impact on communities and opens up new Foreword opportunities for our people. This links to our three overarching priorities as a Council: Safer cleaner streets, Ensuring a decent roof over the heads of our residents, Improving the life chances of all our residents. To do this effectively, we need to ensure we promote good growth and the right development in the right places at the right scale, creating attractive sustainable neighbourhoods as well as new economic opportunities.We are encouraging investment and need to be competitive. The policies in this Plan aim to address the needs of the changing local community over the next 15 years, including the delivery of new high quality, genuinely affordable homes, new jobs and employment space, thriving cultural neighbourhoods and town centres, infrastructure, preserving the environment and addressing climate change.The Plan is built around six core golden threads underpinned by a robust growth agenda: 1. Increasing housing delivery. Creating liveable places. 2. Ensuring growth is sustainable and supported by infrastructure. 3. Building on the unique strengths of the borough and carrying forward its cultural legacy. 4. Promoting the economy to improve life chances for all residents, students and workers. 5. Protecting and enhancing the natural and historic environment. 6. Ensuring land optimisation and driving investment and wealth into the borough. We are now consulting on the final stage of the new Local Plan - the Proposed Submission version. This version of the Plan follows on from the earlier public consultation round on the Draft Plan. It takes account of comments made and new information since the Draft Plan was published in July 2019. Comments submitted on this version of the Plan will be submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination. The Inspector will want to know whether the Council has met the legal requirements for the preparation of a Local Plan and whether it meets what are known as the ©tests of soundness© set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. Thank you for your interest and participation. Cllr Simon Miller - Portfolio Lead Member for Economic Growth and Housing Development London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan Proposed Submission Local Plan (LP1) - Shaping the Borough Foreword London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan Proposed Submission Local Plan (LP1) - Shaping the Borough 1 1 Introduction and Background 1.1 The Local Plan sets out the Council's planning policy framework for the Borough. This plan sets out the level of growth which needs to be planned