Policy information sourced from The Waltham Forest Local Plan Development Management Policies

DM11 Decentralised and Renewable Energy

The Council will seek to reduce carbon emissions by:

A) Requiring development of one or more units or greater than 100sqm located in the proximity of an existing or committed future Decentralised Energy Network to assess opportunities for, and to implement links into, existing or future committed decentralised energy networks, unless it can be demonstrated that an efficient connection is not feasible in accordance with the following thresholds;

  • development of one or more units or greater than 100sqm located within 200m of an existing or committed future Decentralised Energy Network,
  • major development located within 500m of an existing or committed future Decentralised Energy Network, and
  • development of more than 50 units located within 1000m of an existing or committed future Decentralised Energy Network;

B) Requiring major developments that have demonstrated that the connection to an existing or committed decentralised energy network is not feasible,

  • to be connection ready for future networks; and
  • to implement a Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP); and/or
  • where possible, connect into an existing or implement a new small network linking neighbouring developments or buildings unless it can be demonstrated that an efficient connection is not feasible;

Connection ready developments will be expected to meet the full carbon reduction targets as set out in DM10;

C) Giving due consideration to air quality impacts in accordance with policy DM24 where CHP or biomass is proposed; and

D) Requiring development of one or more units or greater than 100sqm which seek to reduce the site’s carbon emissions through on-site renewable energy to ensure that the proposed renewable system is appropriate to the location and does not significantly adversely affect the development, or local amenity of neighbourhoods, and the environment, including air quality.

For more information please see the Local Plan Development Management Policies