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

DM3 Affordable Housing Provision

In accordance with policy CS2, the Council aims to provide 50% of new housing to be affordable, by:

A) seeking the provision of affordable housing within all residential developments in the borough. The Council will firstly seek this to be on site and secondly on a nearby site. Where this cannot practicably be achieved, the Council may accept an off site payment-in-lieu;

B) applying deferred contributions to housing sites capable of providing 10 or more homes which propose less than 50% affordable housing;

C) seeking a tenure split of 60% social/affordable rented units and 40% intermediate housing units;

D) seeking the use of legal agreements in phased residential development to ensure that all parts or phases make appropriate provision of affordable housing; and

E) seeking affordable housing schemes to be ‘tenure blind’ to ensure homes across tenures are indistinguishable from one another.

For more information please see the Local Plan Development Management Policies