Policy information sourced from the Waltham Forest Local Plan

28 Approach to Non-Designated Employment Land

Development for industrial, business and related uses (including creative and artists’ workspace) will be supported in non-designated employment areas where it provides fit for purpose and high-quality employment space and upgrades existing poor quality or old stock. Development which seeks to introduce residential or mixed-use elements to non-designated employment locations will only be supported where:

A. It uses the Agent of Change principle to mitigate design and sensitivity impacts (see Policy 30 ‘Co-Location Design Principles’); and

B. It provides replacement or intensified employment floorspace, with the quantum of any existing industrial, storage, or distribution floorspace being - as a minimum - fully re-provided as an industrial use; or

C. The scope for mixed-use intensification with employment uses has been explored fully and any loss of floorspace is justified with reference to marketing evidence of at least 12 months demonstrating no reasonable prospect of the site being retained in business or industrial uses; or

D. The proposal accords with an adopted allocation in a Development Plan Document for residential or mixed-use development.