Policy information sourced from Newham Local Plan 2018
SP1 Borough-wide Place-making
Development Proposals, including proposals for meanwhile uses which address the following strategic criteria and spatial strategy will be supported:
- Strategic principles
- High quality development will be expected, which respects, takes advantage of, and enhances the positive elements and distinctive features of the borough, contributing to a well-connected and integrated series of successful and distinctive mixed use places, that together help to transform the borough and its attractiveness as somewhere to live, work and stay; and
- Development should help deliver the Council’s duty to promote community safety.
- Spatial strategy
- The following spatial features should elicit a design response in the creation of mixed use places:
- Topography, landforms, river corridors, green networks, important habitats, waterways, woodlands, other natural features and open spaces;
- Views and vistas to landmarks and skylines both within and outside the borough and including the River Thames and from and to new buildings and places;
- Heritage, cultural and infrastructural assets in line with Policy SP5;
- ‘Edges’ and severance between different parts of the borough and neighbouring areas; and
- Other local features that can contribute to the creation of successful distinctive places, or the absence of them and the need to create them.
- The following spatial features should elicit a design response in the creation of mixed use places:
For more information please see the Local Plan 2018