Policy information sourced from The Waltham Forest Local Plan Core Strategy

CS7 - Developing a Sustainable Transport

The Council will facilitate growth and regeneration in a sustainable manner and promote sustainable travel by:

Coordination of Land Use and Transport

A) working with TfL, Network Rail and other partners to facilitate the delivery of key transport infrastructure improvements in the Borough to support regeneration and growth, in particular the reinstatement of the Chingford – Stratford line;

B) safeguarding land as shown on the Policies Map for Crossrail 2 Line;

C) guiding developments to located town centres and to areas that are well accessible by public transport, including our key growth areas and requiring them to be designed to reduce the need to travel and to encourage walking, cycling and access to public transport;

D) requiring Transport Assessments and Travel Plans where appropriate in support of planning applications to determine potential transport impacts and to demonstrate how the development minimises and mitigates the expected impacts and working with and encouraging existing high trip generating organisations to prepare a Travel Plan;

Sustainable Transport Network

E) actively encouraging walking and cycling by providing an attractive public realm and safe, convenient and accessible routes and facilities throughout the Borough;

F) working with partners to improve the accessibility, reliability and quality of the public transport system and its integration with other transport modes;

Managing Private Motorised Transport

G) managing traffic flow and speed and implementing public realm and streetscape improvements, including the reallocation of road space in both cases by reference to; the importance of streets for particular modes (within a road hierarchy and a road user hierarchy to be defined in the Development Management Policies DPD); road safety; locations of high pedestrian demand; the need for pedestrian, cycle and public transport infrastructure; regeneration priorities; design parameters such as the extent of carriageway; funding availability and other criteria to be set out in the Development Management Policies DPD;

H) managing the demand for private car travel by protecting the continued provision of existing and promoting the expansion of cab services, car clubs, pool cars, and low emission motor vehicles, and working with the Mayor of London’s to implement the electric car strategy;

I) managing parking requirements effectively across the Borough to minimise the negative impacts of traffic and reducing reliance on car for journeys by requiring car, motorcycle and cycle parking facilities in accordance with the maximum car and minimum cycle parking standards set out in the Development Management Policies DPD, managing on street parking, and promoting car free and car-capped developments; and

Freight

J) promoting the sustainable movement of freight and minimising the impact of freight movement on local amenity, traffic and the environment.

For more information please see the Local Plan Core Strategy