Policy information sourced from the Waltham Forest Local Plan

87 Sustainable Design and Construction

A. The design, construction and operation of all new development should be informed by the latest London Plan and associated guidance, and development proposals should clearly demonstrate how they integrate sustainable design standards.

B. In line with the requirements below, applications for residential development of one or more new homes, or non-residential development of greater that 100sqm are required to submit a Sustainability Statement to demonstrate compliance with the following planning policy objectives:

  1. Ensuring that non-residential development greater than 100sqm achieves a minimum of BREEAM ‘very good’ (or equivalent) standards, and encouraging major non-residential development to achieve ‘excellent’ (or equivalent);
  2. Encouraging residential development to target higher standards of sustainability, including the Home Quality Mark and Passivhaus or equivalent;
  3. Ensuring that development of one or more homes, or greater than 100sqm, is designed according to sustainable development principles to achieve zero-carbon targets in line with the London Plan and Policy 85 ‘A Zero Carbon Borough’;
  4. Adopting sustainable construction and demolition methods, including using sustainably sourced, reused and recycled materials and where feasible demolished material from the development site;
  5. Controlling and monitoring dust, NOx, PM10 and PM2.5 emissions from development aligned with measures set out in Policy 88 ‘Air Pollution’;
  6. Maximising Urban Greening and blue and green infrastructure measures, and incorporating ‘living building’ principles into new and existing developments, including measures to improve biodiversity;
  7. Minimising waste during the construction and operation phases of development in line with the Circular Economy Statement and Whole Lifecycle Carbon assessment, as required by the London Plan, to cover the whole lifecycle of the development on referable schemes;
  8. Providing a clear strategy for adequate waste and recycling storage and collection facilities; and
  9. Supporting the appropriate low-carbon retrofitting of existing buildings to reduce carbon emissions beyond building regulations requirements, through energy efficient design of the site, buildings and services.

For more information please see the Waltham Forest Local Plan