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13 — Delivering Genuinely Affordable Housing.

How Waltham Forest actually applies 13: who leans on it, where it bites hardest, and how often it's invoked. The policy text is the rule; this is the behaviour.

13 is a published Waltham Forest planning policy. This page records where it appears in the council's published planning decisions.

Cited under: Waltham Forest Local Plan (adopted)

Waltham Forest · 13
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What this policy is about

Policy 13 requires all developments of 10 or more homes to deliver 50% genuinely affordable housing. This can be achieved by meeting a threshold of 35% affordable housing on site, or 50% on public sector land or industrial land without a net loss of capacity. Alternatively, developers can submit viability assessments to determine the maximum affordable housing level.

Plain-English summary of the adopted policy text below. The full text is the rule; this is the gist.

The policy — as adopted

Delivering Genuinely Affordable Housing

The delivery of 50% of all new homes to be genuinely affordable housing will be achieved by: A. Requiring all development of 10 or more homes to deliver affordable housing; B. Working with the Mayor of London to use grant funding to increase affordable housing delivery beyond the level that would otherwise be provided; C. Adopting a threshold approach to viability. Where proposals meet the following criteria, they will not be required to provide a viability assessment at application stage: i. Meet or exceed the threshold level of affordable housing on site without public subsidy. These thresholds are set at: a. A minimum of 35%; or b. 50% for public sector land where there is no portfolio agreement with the Mayor; or c. 50% for Industrial Land (SIL, LSIS, BEA, and non-designated) where the scheme would result in a net loss of industrial capacity. ii. Are consistent with the Council’s tenure split (see Policy 14 'Affordable Housing Tenure'); iii. Demonstrate that they have sought grant to increase the level of affordable housing; iv. Are subject to a Section 106 agreement with Early Stage Viability Review, triggered if an agreed level of progress on implementation is not made within two years of the permission being granted (or an alternative period agreed by the Council); D. Requiring proposals which do not meet the criteria in Part C to follow the Viability Tested Route and submit detailed supporting viability evidence to ascertain the maximum viable level of affordable housing which can be delivered. Where required, viability assessments will be undertaken in line with the Mayor’s Affordable Housing and Viability SPG. These schemes will be subject to: i. ii. iii. Local Plan (LP1) - Adoption Version Early Stage Viability Review if an agreed level of progress on implementation is not made within two years of the permission being granted; Mid Term Reviews prior to implementation of phases for larger phased schemes; and A Late Stage Viability Review which is triggered when 75 per cent of the homes in a scheme are sold or let (or an alternative period agreed by the Council); Decent Homes for Everyone London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan E. Delivering affordable housing on site, other than in exceptional circumstances where off-site or payment-in-lieu would secure better outcomes in meeting the borough’s housing need; and F. Seeking affordable housing contributions from alternative housing products (see Policy 18 'Other Forms of Housing ').

Verbatim from the adopted Waltham Forest plan · source document. The council's published plan is the authoritative version.

How it lands
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Where it bites
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What cites it — application types
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What it means in practice

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What the published record shows

13 appears most often in Hoe Street. It appears across 1 of 42 officers recorded in this period. The map shows the pattern for the selected period.

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Why it is cited — and what follows
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Does it hold up? — appeal performance

No Planning Inspectorate appeal decisions on record cite 13. When one lands (the appeals table refreshes each weekday), the dismissed/allowed record appears here — never estimated.

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Atlas intelligence summarises patterns and observations from published planning records. Past decisions do not indicate how any future application will be determined. Every application is assessed on its own merits, having regard to the proposal, site, evidence and policies applying at the time. This information is provided for general information only and is not planning, legal, financial or professional advice.