The Local Development Scheme (LDS) is the Council’s published timetable for preparing documents in the Local Development Framework (LDF).The LDS has the following main purposes:

  • To inform the public of the documents that make up the planning policy framework for Waltham Forest
  • To establish the priorities and the programme for preparing these documents, the subject matter and the geographical area for each document and  the resources involved.

The Council has prepared a new LDS covering the period 2011-2013. See:

Local Development Scheme 2011-2013 - full document (1.2MB PDF file)

Local Development Scheme 2011-2013 - summary timetable (16KB PDF file)

Background - the previous LDS is published below: