Policy information sourced from the Waltham Forest Local Plan

29 Industrial Masterplan Approach

Industrial masterplans can support the intensification of existing industrial functions to provide additional industrial capacity. The proposed introduction of non-industrial uses within designated industrial sites must be supported by an industrial masterplan approach. Masterplans will be required to:

A. Be delivered in partnership with and by agreement of the Council and the GLA;

B. Take a comprehensive approach and cover the extent of an entire SIL or LSIS;

C. Not lead to any loss in industrial capacity across the SIL or LSIS, and must seek to provide a net increase of industrial floorspace capacity(6) ;

D. Achieve industrial intensification ahead of delivering any non-industrial uses, taking an ‘industrial first’ approach to phasing;

E. Be informed by an up-to-date audit of the designated location and evidence covering employment land needs, wider spatial context, land ownerships, partnerships and engagement, and infrastructure requirements;

F. Be supported by a viability and delivery plan;

G. Set out how existing businesses will be retained through a retention and relocation strategy; H. Be supported by a servicing and management strategy; and I. Be developed according to a two-stage process:

  1. Stage 1: Based on up-to-date evidence, including a full audit of the designated site, and appropriate engagement with landowners and existing businesses, identify the sub-areas within the SIL/LSIS to be ‘areas of intensification and consolidation’ and, where relevant, those proposed as ‘areas of change’. These sub areas must be agreed and approved with the GLA and the Council before progressing to Stage 2.
  2. Stage 2: Further develop the agreed masterplan for the entirety of the SIL/LSIS and produce detailed sub-area masterplans, which together demonstrate how the industrial capacity outlined in Stage 1 will be achieved. At this stage, in line with Policy 53 ‘Delivering High Quality Design’, consideration should be given to land assembly and opportunity for coordinated development.

Following the agreement of a two-stage masterplan with the Council and the GLA, any resultant boundary changes to relevant industrial designations are required to be reflected in the next Development Plan Document (DPD) to be prepared.

For more information please see the Waltham Forest Local Plan