Policy information sourced from the Waltham Forest Local Plan

6 Ensuring Good Growth

In ensuring good growth, development proposals will be expected to satisfy the following requirements, unless demonstrably impossible to do so:

A. Make efficient use of land through mixed-use development and intensification (Policy 7 ‘Encouraging Mixed Use Development’ and Policy 8 ‘Character-Led Intensification’);

B. Contribute to improving and enabling healthier lifestyles (‘Promoting Health and Well-Being’ and Policy 61 ‘Active Travel’);

C. Provide a broad range of housing choice by size and tenure including affordable housing and cater for people with special housing needs (‘Decent Homes for Everyone’);

D. Contribute to providing for a wide range of local employment opportunities that offer a choice of jobs in different sectors of the economy (‘Building a Resilient and Creative Economy’);

E. Support the creation of successful neighbourhood communities (15 Minute Neighbourhoods, where every resident is able to meet most or all of their needs within a short walk, wheel or bike ride from home) and the provision of adequate social and physical infrastructure (‘Social and Community Infrastructure’, Policy 61 ‘Active Travel’, and Policy 62 ‘Public Transport’);

F. Incorporate high quality design solutions and contribute positively to the quality of the physical environment (‘Creating High Quality Places’); London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan Local Plan (LP1) - Adoption Version 27 Waltham Forest’s Spatial and Growth Strategy;

G. Ensure that new development proposals (including the alteration and refurbishment of existing buildings, extensions and change of use of buildings) are inclusively designed and usable by all to promote equality of opportunity (‘Creating High Quality Places’);

H. Contribute to the response to climate change, through mitigation and adaptation, the use of sustainable building materials, low carbon heating and energy efficiency, low carbon transport, electrical vehicles and active travel (‘Addressing the Climate Emergency’ and ‘Active Travel, Transport and Digital Infrastructure’);

I. Protect and enhance existing green and blue infrastructure, including open space and leisure facilities, biodiversity and nature conservation (‘Protecting and Enhancing the Environment’);

J. Create safe environments, which incorporate appropriate design solutions and crime prevention measures that assist in reducing crime, the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour (‘Creating High Quality Places’); and

K. Protect heritage assets including conservation areas and listed buildings (‘Conserving and Enhancing our Heritage’).