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

DM23 Health and Well Being

Health Impact Assessments

A) The Council will support major applications with positive health impacts on the health and well-being of communities demonstrated through the use of Health Impact Assessments (HIA).

Promoting Everyday Exercise

B) The Council will seek to ensure new development promotes everyday exercise by:

  • Linking it with the existing walking and cycling networks;
  • Ensuring local facilities and services are easily accessible by foot, bicycle and other modes of transport involving physical activity.

Hot Food Takeaways (A5 Uses)

C) The Council will resist proposals for Hot Food Takeaways (A5) where:

  • It results in an over concentration of such uses which is detrimental to the vitality and viability of a town centre, neighbourhood centre or local parade. An appropriate concentration of A5 uses will be assessed based on the following:
    • Within Primary, Secondary and Retail Parades
      • No more than 5% of the units shall consist of A5 uses
    • Within Tertiary Zones and outside designated centres:
      • No more that one A5 unit will be allowed within 400m(25) of an existing A5 unit.
  • It forms a cluster of similar uses. In order to resist the clustering of A5 units: No more than two A5 units should located opposite or adjacent to an existing A5 use; and There should be at least five non A5 units between an existing A5 uses.
  • The proposal falls with 400m(26) of the boundary of an existing school, youth centre or park(27);
  • A proposal is considered to have an unacceptable impact on highway safety;
  • A proposal has a significant impact on residential amenity in terms of noise, vibrations, odours, traffic disturbance, litter or hours of operation;
  • A proposal operates with inappropriate hours of operation;
  • A proposal does not provide effective extraction of odours and cooking smells;
  • A proposal does not provide adequate on site waste storage and disposal of waste products;
  • A proposal poses an unacceptable risk in terms of safety crime and anti-social behaviour; and
  • A proposal is not accessible for all groups of people.

For more information please see the Local Plan Development Management Policies