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Read about our plans to protect the Blackhorse Lane strategic industrial location, as part of our Covid-19 Recovery Plan.
The Blackhorse Lane masterplan is part of our overall Covid-19 recovery plans.
Our aim is to safeguard the area's future success and maximise its potential for the local community and wider economy.
We are working together with the Mayor of London to protect and support the borough's industrial areas. This will also support our ambitions for long-term growth. Industrial land in London has become scarcer in recent years. That means it's important to protect it now.
We are working on a shared vision and urban principles to protect the future of this strategic industrial location (SIL). Our plans include:
For the masterplan to succeed, meaningful engagement is vital, as it helps shape the framework and design process.
We first want to understand businesses' current needs and their ambitions to embed a framework to support their future growth. Business engagement feedback and input will shape the design process of the masterplan at a number of points.
Wider community consultation will come later.
Industrial intensification means increasing industrial floor space. This can be either through the growth of existing businesses, or developing new businesses in existing industrial locations. This process offers a future glimpse of how industry will look and work in Waltham Forest and across the rest of London.
Throughout our business engagement to date, businesses have told us: