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

DM13 Co-ordinating Land Use and Transport

The Council will ensure that development is properly integrated with the transport network and is supported by appropriate walking, cycling and public transport links by;

A) where development is not within easy reach of public transport stops, requiring applications to propose and implement measures that promote sustainable travel and contribute to reducing car use.

B) requiring major developments to be permeable and ensure that linkages and publicly accessible through routes are created to successfully integrate development into the wider street network, to integrate developments with the existing transport networks, and to create good connections to existing neighbourhoods and town centres; the Council will resist proposals for gated developments;

C) seeking financial contributions to address a shortfall, where a development cannot demonstrate in the supporting Transport Assessment and Travel Plan required by CS7 to the Council’s satisfaction that the expected traffic impacts will be fully mitigated within the borough’s transport network;

D) requiring developments with significant transport impacts to submit a Travel Plan, in accordance with Department for Transport and Transport for London guidance and emerging local standards; including defined targets, implementation and funding, and monitoring regime;

E) requiring development proposals to submit Construction Logistics Plans, Delivery and Servicing Plans and the uptake of the Freight Operators Recognition Scheme where appropriate in accordance with the London Freight Plan and coordinated with travel plans;

F) requiring all Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) and Passenger Carrying Vehicles (PCV) drivers and contractors involved in the construction and servicing of new development within Waltham Forest to undertake on-road Safe Urban Driving cyclist awareness training and have appropriate safety devices fitted to their vehicles in accordance with the Council’s adopted Waltham Forest Cycling Action Plan 2012;

G) where a Transport Assessment/Statement indicates an appreciable increase in car traffic within 200m of Epping Forest SAC (as indicated in Figure 14 in the Core Strategy and on the emerging proposals map), the Council will require the development to demonstrate that the expected impacts of a development on the air quality will not exceed 0.1 kg nitrogen per ha per year (this being equivalent to 1% of the critical load for the habitats on site); where this threshold is exceeded, the proposal will need to demonstrate to the Council’s satisfaction that the effect will not be significant or appropriate mitigation measures will be put in place to minimise the adverse impact on the integrity of Epping Forest which may include the use of financial contributions;

H) where significant improvements to the transport networks and associated infrastructure are required as a consequence of development impacts, the Council may require these to be phased so that improvements are in place prior to completion of development (in line with CS1); where necessary, the Council may require developer contributions for this in accordance with DM36.

For more information please see the Local Plan Development Management Policies