Policy information sourced from Hammersmith & Fulham Local Plan
RTC1 RIVER THAMES
The council will work with its partner organisations, including the Environment Agency, Port of London Authority, Thames Water and landowners to enhance and increase access to, as well as use of, the waterways in the borough, namely the River Thames, and improve waterside environments by:
- identifying the Thames Policy Area on the Policies Map and setting out general criteria for the design of development in this area, in this Local Plan;
- encouraging the development of vacant or underused land along the waterways, namely the River Thames, Chelsea Creek and taking into account their local context and character;
- protecting existing water dependent uses and requiring new development to provide opportunities for water based activities where appropriate and enhance river and canal related biodiversity, safeguard and enhance where necessary flood defences, as well as encouraging public access especially for leisure and educational activities;
- ensuring the provision, or improvement and greening, of the Thames Path National Trail (the riverside walk) in all riverside developments ;
- promoting use of the River Thames for transport uses, including passengers and freight; and
- seeking improvements to the tidal foreshore in line with the requirements of the Thames River Basin Management Plan and the Thames Estuary 2100 Plan.
For more information please see the Local Plan