Policy information sourced from the Waltham Forest Local Plan

24 Supporting Economic Growth and Jobs

Opportunities for employment growth in Waltham Forest will be maximised to ensure there is sufficient capacity to deliver a minimum of 52,000sqm of additional employment floorspace across the borough, and protect the borough’s Strategic Industrial Location (SIL) capacity over the Plan Period by:

A. Focusing the delivery of new Class E Part G iii, B2 and B8 floorspace in Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL), Locally Significant Industrial Sites (LSIS) and non-designated employment sites;

B. Focusing the delivery of Class E Part G i and ii floorspace in Borough Employment Areas (BEA) and designated Town Centres;

C. Supporting the delivery of a range of employment typologies in suitable locations across the borough:

  1. Distribution uses – storage and distribution floorspace (B8) in locations within good proximity of the strategic road network;
  2. Industrial Space – light industrial uses (Class E, Part G iii) and the production and distribution of goods (B2) in smaller or sub-divided space within the borough’s designated industrial sites; and
  3. New London Mix – high density office space (Class E Part G i and ii) ranging from small studio space, flexible co-working spaces to large offices in BEA and designated town centres; and

D. Promoting industrial intensification through site allocations in Local Plan Part 2 - Site Allocations, the Industrial Intensification Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and the subsequent development of industrial masterplans (in line with Policy 29 ‘Industrial Masterplan Approach’ and London Plan Policy E7 ‘Industrial intensification, co-location and substitution’) to facilitate the intensification and uplift of industrial capacity and the maintenance of existing SIL capacity.

For more information please see the Waltham Forest Local Plan