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

DM 36 Working with Partners and Infrastructure

Planning Obligations and Community Infrastructure Levy

A) Where necessary, the Council will seek a planning obligation in order to facilitate development. The Council will ensure that all new developments within the Borough are served by adequate physical and social infrastructure and that such development is implemented with the provision of infrastructure and the mitigation of any environmental impacts. Where existing and planned provision of infrastructure, facilities and services are inadequate to meet the needs generated by a proposal, the Council will negotiate planning obligations to secure measures to meet those needs.

B) Planning obligations will only be sought where it is not possible to deal with the matter through the imposition of a condition on a planning permission. The Council will negotiate planning obligations in relation to proposed development. These may be delivered in kind or through financial contributions.

C) Phasing and pooling of contributions may be necessary. The Council may pool contributions relating to significant infrastructure i.e. transport, education and health. Any pooling of contributions, including the calculation of planning contribution requirements or a tariff will be determined through either the Council Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document on planning contributions or through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedule.

D) The Council will take into account the contribution that land use swaps, housing credits and off-site contributions can make, through mixed use development, especially to sustain strategically important clusters of commercial activities.

E) Viability matters are referred to in the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Regulations 2010.

F) The Planning Obligations or Community Infrastructure Levy include:

  • Affordable Housing;
  • Education;
  • Employment, Training and Enterprise;
  • Regeneration;
  • Transport and Highway;
  • Environment and Outdoor Recreation;
  • Health and Community Safety;
  • Community and Cultural Facilities;
  • Air Quality and Recycling;
  • Climate Change and Sustainability; and
  • Land Use Swaps, Housing Credits and Off-Site Contributions.

G) Where development outside the Borough would have significant implications within Waltham Forest, the Council will discuss with the adjacent Local Planning Authority and other organisations the mitigation of unacceptable effects through a Planning Obligation.

For more information please see the Local Plan Development Management Policies