Policy information sourced from the Waltham Forest Local Plan

41 Managing Changes of Use In and Outside Primary Shopping Areas

In Primary Shopping Areas

A. Proposals for town centre uses will be encouraged in the Primary Shopping Areas of Walthamstow and the District Centres (see Policies Map). Other uses will be supported where they maintain the continuity of active frontages on ground floors and make a positive contribution to the vitality and viability of a centre by attracting a significant number of shoppers/visitors.

Outside Primary Shopping Areas B.

Outside the Primary Shopping Areas of Walthamstow Town Centre and the District Centres, a diverse range and mix of town centre uses will be encouraged at ground floor level where:

  1. They contribute to the vitality and viability of the particular frontage and the designated centre generally;
  2. They provide non-retail services and other town centre uses (such as cinemas, restaurants, bars and pubs, night-clubs, health and fitness centres, offices, banks, estate agents, arts/culture facilities, hotels, health/community uses, etc) of appropriate scale to the particular centre; and
  3. They extend the offer and range of services and activities available to enhance shoppers’ or visitors’ experience of the centre.

For more information please see the Waltham Forest Local Plan