We are at the beginning of a new and exciting stage in the planning and future development of Waltham Forest. “Our Place in London” - the Sustainable Community Strategy for Waltham Forest gives us the foundations upon which to build a truly sustainable community for all of us to enjoy to the full.  Having developed the Community Strategy, we are now starting to prepare our Local Development Framework (LDF).  The LDF will take forward many of the key objectives of the Community Strategy and will interpret them spatially so that what happens on the ground best reflects what the local community wants to see in Waltham Forest.  Once adopted, the LDF will replace the current Unitary Development Plan (UDP) as the statutory development plan for the borough.  

Please visit the website below to register your interest in participating in consultations on the Waltham Forest LDF.

http://walthamforest-consult.limehouse.co.uk/common/register.jsp

Core Strategy Preferred Options Consultation

Waltham Forest Council is seeking feedback on a plan that sets out how the Council will manage and plan for change and development over the next 15 years.

The plan is called the Core Strategy Preferred Options document. This document deals with the large planning issues facing the borough. Planning affects many aspects of our lives from where we can live, to where we can work, to where and how we can enjoy ourselves. So it is important that we get it right.  

The Core Strategy Preferred Options is out for consultation between 11 January 2010 to 19 February 2010.

» More information on consultation events and how you can have your say

The LDF will set out the guidelines for the spatial development in the borough in conformity with the London Plan and is made up of the following types of documents.

Development Plan Documents (DPDs)

Interim Planning Policy Documents

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs)

Other documents

  • The Local Development Scheme (LDS). This is the project plan for the LDF as a whole
  • The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) This sets out the standards the Council will achieve when involving our local community in the preparation, alteration and the review of local development documents and also in considering planning applications.
  • Annual Monitoring Reports (AMR) This report monitors the success of development plan policies – assessing the extent to which policies have been implemented and related national and local targets met.

Contact us

Spatial Planning Team
Environment and Regeneration
Fir Tree House
Waltham Forest Town Hall Complex
Forest Road
London E17 4JF

tel 020 8496 3000
email planning.policy@walthamforest.gov.uk