B) The provision of more employment in Borough Employment Areas through the intensification of the uses set out in point (a), will be supported where this would not have an adverse impact on the functioning of existing businesses in the area.

C) New light industrial business space should offer flexibility for a range of users. Where provided, it should include flexible floor plates, minimal supporting columns, and generous floor to ceiling heights and floor loading capacities.

D) Other uses such as housing and social infrastructure will only be permitted in the borough’s key growth areas(16), where they act as a facilitator to an improved and intensified employment offer on site, secure other regeneration benefits, and are considered acceptable in all other respects.

E) New small scale office developments that would not undermine the role of Walthamstow town centre (i.e. schemes employing less than 50 full time staff), may be permitted in those Borough Employment Areas marked with an * in Table 20.1, or other centres or areas well served by public transport.

F)The Council will support the creation of suitable workspace for business start-up and expanding local businesses, especially studio space and craft workshops. The subdivision of large premises for such uses will be supported in principle.

G) The Council will in principle support measures to upgrade existing employment areas and meet the needs of modern businesses. Extensions and reformatting of existing premises, and alterations to their parking and servicing arrangements, will be supported where the proposal would not harm the amenity of surrounding uses by virtue of increased noise, pollution and traffic, or poor quality design.

H) Proposals that result in a loss of employment floorspace will only be accepted where they provide overriding benefits in terms of meeting the operational requirements of existing businesses.

For more information please see the Local Plan Development Management Policies