Planning in Newham

Open Space and Outdoor Recreation

1. Strategic Principles a. Encouraging active use, including through improvements to the quantity, quality, accessibility and connectivity of open space and the Blue Ribbon Network throughout the Borough; b. Realisation of the Lea River Park vision, achieving regional park and/or Metropolitan Open Land status; and c. Parks, allotment and playing pitch deficiencies (refer to SP9 and the IDP) will be reduced, with Major developments incorporating provision that meets their own needs and where appropriate, contributes to wider needs. Key priorities include District and Local Parks and provision within the Arc of Opportunity. 2. Spatial Strategy a. Existing open spaces (including riverside access, allotments and burial space) and outdoor recreation facilities will be protected as per INF6 and 8; b. New open spaces and outdoor recreation opportunities will be delivered primarily on Strategic Sites and along the Blue Ribbon Network, including but not limited to those contributing to delivery of the Lea River Park and Thames Path; and c. The emerging 'green grid' will become increasingly publicly-accessible (where compatible with SC4) and contribute to connectivity in the Borough and beyond, building on the roles and opportunities presented by the Greenway and Leaway, (see INF1 and INF2), the green chain of Metropolitan Open Land in the East of the borough, and continuity of river corridors. 3. Design and technical criteria a. Infrastructure to improve the quality and accessibility of open space will have minimal impact on the open-ness and other valued qualities of the space as per SP1, SP2, SP5, SC4, INF6 and 8; b. Open spaces should be designed to enhance urban cooling and biodiversity (see SC1, SC4 and INF6) and play a role in flood water storage and drainage (see SC3 and the SFRA); c. Open spaces and outdoor recreation facilities should be designed to be inclusive and accessible as far as possible, delivering welcoming spaces that consider affordable access, flexible use, security, and availability/provision of publicly-accessible toilets. Proposals should include provisions for sustainable ongoing management and maintenance; d. The requirement for Play and Informal Recreation Space to be provided for as part of new residential developments as per the Mayor of London's SPG or subsequent updates; and e. Further to the set-back specified in SC3, developments located adjacent to the Blue Ribbon Network should integrate with and enhance the waterside environment, providing improved amenity space and access to the waterfront while facilitating safe and active use of the waterspace. This will include provision of riparian lifesaving equipment where necessary; and f. Developments within 6.2km of the Epping Forest SAC with the potential to give rise to significant recreational disturbance impacts (bearing in mind likely travel routes) should undertake an assessment of impact on the SAC.

Community Facilities

Proposals which address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design, management and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles a. Community facilities development and growth will be co-ordinated to ensure that the delivery and retention of community facilities is carefully managed in order to align provision with the needs of new and existing communities in the borough (as per INF9 and H1); b. Retaining or [re-]providing community facilities where a local need exists, that can be clearly demonstrated; c. Ensuring all new community facilities are accessible, welcoming, inclusive and open and available to all members of the local community, with sufficient capacity and flexibility to meet a range of local needs; d. Co-locating facilities and services, and encouraging mixed-use formats incorporating new or enhanced community facilities and other compatible and policy-compliant uses notably housing to help support viability, security and efficient land use; e. Promoting innovative ways of addressing constrained sites such as the use of shared facilities, meanwhile provision on Strategic Sites, off-site and multi-storey provision; and f. Prioritising the provision of health, childcare and education facilities where an element of community floorspace is proposed on Strategic Sites. 2. Spatial Strategy a. Ensuring all community facilities are located in places that are or will be accessible by a range of means of transport, including walking and cycling; b. Prioritising town and local centre sites for the development of community facilities where compatible with Policy SP6, but allowing exceptions to this, subject to the satisfaction of other criteria, where proposals: i. Do not result in a loss of housing as per Policy H4 or designated employment land as per policy J2, and are otherwise compliant with other policies; and ii. Are meeting a localised need, are smaller than 75 sq. m and staff and facility users occupying the building at any one time do not exceed 15 people; or iii. Will be adding to existing facilities to help form a recognisable 'hub' or 'cluster' meeting localised needs; or iv. Will result in the protection of a public house for an alternative local community benefit with a similar catchment area; or v. Relate to the operational needs of emergency services provision; or vi. Are ancillary training or childcare facilities for employers within employment hubs; or vii. Are Class D1 uses located within the defined Community Facilities Opportunity Areas (CFOA) as set out in Table 14 when it can be demonstrated that there are no available or affordable in-centre premises or sites; and c. To promote the delivery of community facilities in accordance with identified need the health, education and flexible community facility sites listed in Table 15 have been allocated for new, re-configured or intensified facilities, incorporating other compatible and policy-compliant uses where appropriate as per INF8:1e above, in addition to provision accounted for on Strategic and Non-Strategic Sites (listed below Table 15). 3. Design, Management and Technical Criteria: a. Facilities must be outward looking, address the street and neighbourhood in their design so that they are obvious and welcoming within the urban grain, subject to design and character considerations; b. Proposals shall set out design and management measures detailing how, outside of their principal use and any sacred areas, the facility would operate as a multi-functional space with fair and affordable access to all members of the community; c. Proposals for new or intensified community facilities should demonstrate that they take account of other public infrastructure providers'/commissioners' expressed needs and scope for co-location; d. In order to demonstrate local need for new, intensified or replacement community facilities, (typically D1) proposals should be accompanied by evidence including: i. that at least 67% of users will be ordinarily Newham residents and that existing facilities cannot meet the identified need, taking into account the need to consider innovative approaches to provision, including alternative models in relation to scale and scope, in Urban Newham; or ii. published sufficiency assessments, strategic infrastructure plans or capital programmes including the latest IDP as reflected in Community Infrastructure and Strategic Site site allocations; or iii. where the facility is commercial D1, D2, A4 or sui generis, compliance with town centre policies, including reference to the latest capacity studies; and e. Where the release of a community facility building or site to other uses is proposed, evidence must be provided that the facility has been either: i. Assessed and identified as surplus as part of a broader strategic approach changing the model of provision that is considered to be of local benefit, (e.g. aligned with other Local Plan Core Strategy objectives) and may be necessary to help realise that strategy, having first drawn it to the attention of public providers and offered it to them as per ii below; or ii. Offered to the market for the range of existing lawful uses (typically Class D1) for a period of six months, at a market rent or sale price benchmarked against at least three other equivalent properties in the area. This will include drawing it to the attention of public providers and allowing for a mixed-use 'compromise position' where it can be marketed for a replacement facility plus other uses such as residential; or iii. Shown to be unsuitable in size and scale for its location in relation to the spatial strategy prioritising Town and Local Centres as locations for community facilities, where the local area has good access to a Local/Town Centre and facilities which meet similar local needs where these arise.

Healthy Neighbourhoods

Development proposals which address the following strategic principles and spatial strategy, and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles and Spatial Strategy: a. The Council supports health care partners' efforts to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce health inequalities and recognises the role of planning in doing so through the creation of healthy neighbourhoods and places. In Newham, this will be achieved through responding to the following contributors to health and well-being: i. The need to promote healthy eating through taking into consideration the cumulative impact of A5 uses (hot food takeaways) as per SP9; ii. The need to improve Newham's air quality, reduce exposure to airborne pollutants and secure the implementation of the Air Quality Action Plan, having regard to national and international obligations as per SP9 and SC5; iii. The need to improve employment levels and reduce poverty, whilst attending to the environmental impacts of economic development including community/public safety, noise, vibrations and odour and the legacy of contaminated land as per SP8 and SC1; iv. The need to improve housing quality and reduce crime, insecurity and stress and improve inclusion through better urban design and housing mix as per H1-4, SC1 and SP3; v. The need for new or improved health facilities, (as per INF8) and importance of protection and promotion of local access to health and other community facilities and employment, including sources of fresh, healthy food in line with Policies SP6, SC1, INF8 and INF5; vi. The importance of facilitating and promoting walking and cycling to increase people's activity rates as per INF2; vii. The need for new or improved inclusive open space and sports facilities, including good quality, secure and stimulating playspace and informal recreation provision for young people and accessible natural greenspace and bluespace to encourage greater participation in physical activity and provide relief from urban intensity, as per INF6 & 7; and viii. The role of Newham University Hospital as a key provider of clinical care and expertise, employment and training provision. 2. Design and technical criteria: a. The requirement for major development proposals to be accompanied by a health impact assessment detailing how they respond to the above contributors to health and well-being, including details of ongoing management or mitigation of issues where necessary.

Successful Places

i. Protect and enhance the physical character, appearance and composition of neighbourhoods by ensuring development responds to local character and context through appropriate siting, orientation, scale, massing, height, materials and detailed design of buildings; boundary treatments; parking provision; external storage; plant housing and the quality of materials; ii. Create a safe and secure environment by reducing the likelihood of antisocial behaviour, promoting public safety (including road safety), improving security and lessening the fear of crime in accordance with policies SP1, SP2 and SP3; iii. Ensure that buildings and other spaces likely to involve the congregation of people are well managed and address the street and neighbourhood in terms of character and orientation, legibility, inclusivity and an obvious and welcoming access; iv. Protect and enhance accessibility, local connectivity and permeability; v. Prevent the loss of, and where possible enhance on and off site green infrastructure, including public open space, private amenity space, trees and woodland in accordance with policies SC1, SC4, and SC5, SP2 and INF6 & 7; vi. Avoid creating or exacerbating off-site flood risk in accordance with policies SP9, SC3 and SC5; vii. Protect the locality from adverse microclimate effects (such as wind tunnelling) in accordance with policies SP4 and SP7; viii. Minimise impacts of development's interference with broadcasting and other telecommunications services; ix. Encourage the use of sustainable transport and minimise parking stress in the neighbourhood including the provision of publicly accessible car club spaces and electric car charging points in accordance with policy INF2; x. Achieve a high standard of access, egress and circulation for all, including through the provision for waste, recycling and bicycle storage facilities; the siting of parking provision and design legibility; xi. Avoid unacceptable exposure to light (including light spillage), odour, dust, noise, disturbance, vibration, radiation and other amenity or health impacting pollutants in accordance with policy SP2; xii. Ensure adequate access to daylight and sunlight in accordance with policy SP3; xiii. Minimise overlooking and loss of privacy, overshadowing, and overbearing impact; and xiv. Make appropriate provision for communal spaces and private amenity spaces (e.g. bedrooms and places of retreat) in multiple-user buildings (including HMOs) and should take into account any losses incurred.

Quality Urban Design within Places

Proposals which address the following strategic principles and spatial strategy and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic principles and spatial strategy a. The expectation that all development realises a high quality of urban design in the new buildings and spaces created, helping to engender safe, sociable and inclusive mixed and balanced communities and places that people feel proud of; b. The importance of contributing to the creation of, and continued support for, genuinely mixed use areas with an integrated range of high quality accommodation for living, community facilities and work places, ensuring easy and inclusive access to these and associated walking, cycling and public transport links; c. The need to avoid problems related to 'bad neighbour' uses, (including hot food takeaways) vacant premises and inactive frontage, flood risk and cumulative impact; d. The importance of minimising environmental impact, with sustainability features incorporated into buildings, spaces and neighbourhoods at an early stage of the design process in line with Policies SC1-5; e. The importance of an analysis of local character and the specific attributes of the site, seeking to reinforce or create positive local distinctiveness, whilst securing integration and coherence with the local context including character assets in line with Policy SP5; f. Respect for sensitivity to – and capacity for – innovation in different parts of the Borough, and the need for appropriate stakeholder and community engagement to help direct responsive design; g. The desirability of making the public realm attractive as a social meeting place to be enjoyed by the whole community, and of creating a sense of safety and security and helping to prevent crime and antisocial behaviour inside and outside buildings and in public spaces; and h. The importance of providing legible, connected networks of streets, spaces and parks conducive to travel on foot or by bike. 2. Design and technical criteria a. Any new development, town centres, public spaces, transport hubs and streets should incorporate the principles of and achieve Secured By Design (SBD) accreditation; and b. Designs should be accompanied by sufficient technical and financial detail to demonstrate that a satisfactory design quality will be realised and sustained, including provision for continuity of the project architect to completion stage, and details of proposed public realm and open space management and maintenance.

Tall Buildings

Proposals comprising tall buildings (of 6 or more storeys) that address the following strategic principles and spatial strategy, and design, management and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles a. Tall buildings will, through their managed location, height, design, form and impact contribute to best effect in promoting regeneration and creating successful places; and b. Increased densities in the right locations will generally be encouraged, however, the appropriateness, added value and positive contribution of tall elements, particularly standalone tall towers will require robust justification and demonstration in relation to successful place-making and sustainable, mixed and balanced communities principles. 2. Spatial Strategy a. Parts of Stratford Metropolitan town centre will be the key location for the tallest buildings in the borough (20 storeys plus to mark key locations on the Strategic Site S05, but typically less) with the Canning Town 'tallest buildings area' Strategic Sites as a secondary focus, as a component of transformation plans for these centres (Figures 3.1 and 3.2 setting boundaries for Stratford 'Tall Buildings Policy Area' and Canning Town 'Tall Buildings Policy Area' are below); b. Other locations on Strategic Sites within both the Arc of Opportunity and Urban Newham are regarded as suitable locations in principle for tall buildings with scale reflecting place hierarchy, ensuring sufficient space between clusters, as indicated in site allocations (Appendix 1); and c. Elsewhere, new tall buildings will generally be inappropriate and opportunities to increase densities without tall buildings should be explored, with sensitively scaled tall buildings the exception rather than the norm and only where there is good public transport access of at least a PTAL score of 4 and the opportunity to create generous public realm. 3. Design, Management and Technical Criteria a. Notwithstanding the above, in all cases the need for additional work, including the use of wire frames and 3D modelling to refine suitable locations and formations within this spatial framework with particular regard to the degree of public transport accessibility, local height context, heritage and other character assets and their settings and other sensitivities including cumulative impacts, in line with Policies SP1, SP3, SP5 and SP9, drawing on the Newham Character Study; and b. In all cases the expectation that all tall buildings schemes will through masterplanning, detailed designs, modelling and expert and independent design scrutiny, demonstrate appropriateness, added value and positive contributions relative to lower-rise alternatives, and exemplary design, execution and management standards (as per Policies SP3, SP5, and SP8) having regard to the initial screening and scoping reflected in Strategic Site allocation indicative height specifications, in respect of the following: i. Scale; ii. Form and massing, including cluster formation/extension, spacing and a balanced range of heights including mid-rise and low-rise elements where appropriate; iii. Proportion and silhouette; iv. Facing materials and detailed surface design; v. Integration with local and historic context; vi. Impact on streetscape including surrounding public realm and near views and Key Corridor objectives as per SP7; vii. Impact on cityscape, distant views and skyline; viii. Microclimate including daylight/sunlight, wind, and pollution dispersal impacts; ix. Contribution to legibility, successful place-making and sustainable, mixed and balanced communities principles; x. Management of communal spaces, inside and outside the building; xi. Credibility of design from a technical and financial perspective including continuity of the project architect; xii. Safety, including fire prevention and safe evacuation; and xiii. Impact on ecology and amenity of a watercourse.

Ensuring Neighbourly Development

Proposals that address the following Strategic Principles, Spatial Strategy and Design, Management and Technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic principles and Spatial Strategy a. All development is expected to achieve good neighbourliness and fairness from the outset by avoiding negative and maximising positive social, environmental and design impacts for neighbours on and off the site; b. The benefits of development and regeneration will be spread beyond the context of individual development proposals, in accordance with convergence aims; c. Change brought about by development must not cause problems for existing lawful neighbours, otherwise known as an 'agent of change' approach; and d. The Council encourages innovative approaches to achieving neighbourliness. 2. Design, Management and Technical Criteria a. Compliance with the standards and due regard to the importance of the technical guidance in Table 4 where they are relevant to development proposals, will be expected to promote neighbourliness in addressing the need to: i. Ensure integration with the street scene including consideration for advertisements and signage; boundary treatments; parking provision; external storage; plant housing and the quality of materials; ii. Create a safe and secure environment by reducing the likelihood of antisocial behaviour, promoting public safety (including road safety), improving security and lessening the fear of crime in accordance with policies SP1, SP2 and SP3; iii. Ensure that buildings and other spaces likely to involve the congregation of people are well managed and address the street and neighbourhood in terms of character and orientation, legibility, inclusivity and an obvious and welcoming access; iv. Protect and enhance accessibility, local connectivity and permeability; v. Prevent the loss of, and where possible enhance on and off site green infrastructure, including public open space, private amenity space, trees and woodland in accordance with policies SC1, SC4, and SC5, SP2 and INF6 & 7; vi. Avoid creating or exacerbating off-site flood risk in accordance with policies SP9, SC3 and SC5; vii. Protect the locality from adverse microclimate effects (such as wind tunnelling) in accordance with policies SP4 and SP7; viii. Minimise impacts of development's interference with broadcasting and other telecommunications services; ix. Encourage the use of sustainable transport and minimise parking stress in the neighbourhood including the provision of publicly accessible car club spaces and electric car charging points in accordance with policy I

Cumulative Impact

Proposals which address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and technical criteria will be supported 1. Strategic principles a. All development proposals will be expected to avoid creating or adding to problematic cumulative impacts, helping instead to engender healthy, successful places, creating sustainable development, by recognising the cumulative effect individual units and specific uses can have on the success of places. 2. Spatial Strategy a. Within the following areas of cumulative impact concern (Table 5) particular impacts should not be added to, and should preferably be ameliorated. 3. Design & Technical Criteria a. In town centres, the need to ensure that: i. Within Primary Shopping Frontages (as shown on the Policies Map), 70% of units are in A1 use.; Note: A unit comprises a single frontage premises in accordance with street naming and numbering; and ii. At least two-thirds of town centre leisure uses are to be 'Quality leisure' uses. Units in Class D2, A4 or A3 use should therefore account for at least 67% of leisure uses, and Class A5 uses, amusement arcades and betting shops should not account for more than 33%; and b. In all areas, the need to avoid over-concentrations of specific uses (currently betting shops, takeaways, and nightly-stay hostels) by ensuring that: Linear concentrations: i. No more than two of the same specified uses are adjacent to each other; and ii. There is a separation distance of at least two units in other uses between pairs (or groups if more than two units) in the same specified use; or Area concentrations: iii. There are no more than three premises in the same specified use within 400m of each other; and iv. A 400m catchment drawn around a proposed specified use does not overlap with any more than two other catchment areas drawn around existing, committed or proposed units in the same specified use.

Business and Jobs Growth

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: a. Realise the benefits of the Borough's connectivity, international profile and existing and emerging sectoral strengths to secure a supply of land, infrastructure, premises and successful places capable of attracting investment in growth sectors and supporting the existing business base, facilitating the continued diversification of the Borough's economy and supporting Convergence aims; and b. Promote employment, industry and logistics as important components of sustainable, mixed use places, whilst recognising the need for this to be strategically managed to ensure premises and places balance the needs of business, visitors, the economy, the environment and Newham's communities, meet evidenced demand, benefit from Agent of Change principles and as per J2 make efficient use of land. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Continued development and promotion of the Arc of Opportunity and employment hubs as (amongst other things) high quality business environments with a diversity of flexible, future-proofed premises with particular strengths as set out in Table 6 below; b. Focusing visitor attractions, and facilities on Strategic Sites in the Royals Docks and S08, LCY airport and ExCel employment hubs, Stratford Metropolitan and Green Street town centres; and quality visitor accommodation in town centres proportionate to their function and character, together with the Royal Docks Strategic Sites and S08, S31 and ExCel/Royal Victoria West Employment Hubs; c. Major office development (Use Class B1(a)) will be directed to Stratford, in accordance with Policy S2. Smaller-scale office development will be encouraged in the other Town Centres, LMUAs and MBOAs and on appropriate mixed use Strategic Sites; d. Major industrial development will be directed to, and where appropriate intensified, (including support for displaced businesses) at Strategic Industrial Locations and Local Industrial Locations (as per Policy J2 and designated in Table 7); e. New town centre – including night-time and evening economy – uses will be directed within the defined hierarchy to a centre, including emergent centres on Strategic Sites, proportionate to its scale, unless related to the visitor economy, (as per 2b above), clearly ancillary to other uses, and the NPPF sequential test is met (as per INF5 and SP6); and f. Small-scale start-up and/or cultural and creative workspace will be directed to town centres, (notably Stratford Metropolitan, East Ham, Forest Gate and Green Street), LMUAs and MBOAs, and where appropriate CFOAs (as defined in J2 & INF8) or masterplanned as part of mixed use Strategic Sites, notably at North Woolwich Gateway. 3. Design and Technical Criteria: a. New employment-generating development should demonstrate, especially when outside of LILs and SILs, that it can exist in close proximity to housing with minimal amenity impact as per SP8; b. New housing must demonstrate neighbourliness in respect of existing and potential employment uses, LILs, SILs, and existing employment uses in employment hubs or where otherwise expected to prevail, taking on responsibility for protecting those uses from the possibility of future complaint due to the proximity of new residential neighbours; c. Require new out of centre town centre uses of more than 300 sq m net (sales floorspace) to demonstrate that they do not result in unacceptable impacts as per INF5:3a; d. New night-time economy uses must demonstrate that they promote a safe and high quality environment for all, cognisant of cumulative impacts set out in Policy SP9; and e. Require all Strategic Site proposals and major developments incorporating employment

Providing for Efficient Use of Employment Land

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles a. Achieve [more] efficient use of employment land to support economic growth sectors and wider growth needs through the retention of suitable locations and capacity, intensification with no net loss of functionality, and limited, plan-led managed release of land as set out spatially in the J2 Employment Land Map (Figure 4.2 below); and b. Manage the positive and negative impacts of employment-generating uses to ensure a managed transition to successful mixed use places at the large and small scale, helping to secure a balanced mix of jobs and homes. 2. Spatial Strategy a. Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL) and Local Industrial Locations (LIL) as listed in Table 7 are designated for protection, Managed Intensification, (as per criteria in J2.3b) and suitable in principle for Use Classes B1(b) B1(c) B2, B8 and appropriate Sui Generis employment uses including waste, utilities and transport depots, with other supporting facilities including B1a uses, where ancillary in scale and function. Sites with notable development capacities are identified in the spatial policies and Strategic Site Allocations at Central Thameside West, North Woolwich Gateway and Silvertown Landing; b. The following sites will be released from SIL protection subject to Managed Release criteria (at J2:3a) and where proposals are in line with the vision set out in the spatial and other successful place-making policies including the relevant site allocation: 1. Silvertown Landing (Thameside West) (part); 2. Lyle Park West (Thameside West); 3. Connaught Riverside (Thameside East) (part); 4. Beckton Riverside (part); 5. Thames Wharf; and 6. Minoco Wharf; There is also scope for some limited further release through intensification of SIL uses over a smaller land area or with reduced spatial impact on the sites at Canning Town Riverside, Beckton Riverside and Silvertown Landing, where compliant with Managed Intensification criteria (see J2:3b) and spatial policies including the relevant site allocation; c. Local Mixed Use Area (LMUAs) identified in Table 7 are allocated for employment-led mixed use that: i. protects and promotes Class B1 uses and other employment-generating uses compatible with residential, subject to town centre and other infrastructure policies; and/or ii. allows for Managed Transition (see J2.3a) and redevelopment to focus on the ongoing viable operation of such uses and design incorporating or compatible with residential uses, whilst addressing any other site-specific issues; d. Within Micro Businesses Opportunity Areas (MBOAs) identified in Table 7 allowing employment floor space that accommodates no more than 10 employees (cognisant of typical employment densities) subject to other policy considerations notably SP2, SP3, SP8 and SP7; e. Allowing small-scale (less than 100 sq m GEA) B Class or Sui Generis non-speculative employment floorspace outside of defined employment areas to meet local business needs, and subject to other policy considerations, notably policies SP2 and SP8; f. Elsewhere/in other cases, subject to compliance with Managed Release criteria on sites of 0.1ha or more (see J2.3.a), or where operational employment-generating floorspace compromises of 1,000 sq m or more, promoting consolidation of all other B class and Sui Generis employment-generating uses into: i. SIL, LIL, LMUAs and MBOAs as per the above spatial strategy; ii. or, in order to relieve pressure on core SIL/LIL areas; iii. Strategic Sites providing other suitable new employment-floorspace; and iv. Where compatible, onto otherwise undesignated/allocated out of town retail parks; and g. The Council will support the consolidation of four of the safeguarded wharves in Thameside West onto Central Thameside West (S07) in line with Policy INF1 and S3 to promote a more effective use of employment land subject to compliance with the Managed Intensification Criteria; and of the release of 2 wharves in the Canning Town Riverside area and adjacent (Mayer Parry and Priors Wharf) as per relevant London Plan Policies. 3. Design and Technical Criteria a. Require applicants on sites (including Strategic Sites) covered by Managed Release and Managed Transition specifications to: i. Have in place a strategy to deal with the relocation requirements of existing businesses that cannot be incorporated within a redevelopment no matter the extent of their lease interest, making reasonable endeavours to ensure they have a suitable alternative site secured, including transitional arrangements, cognisant of their local and regional economic role; ii. Where release to solely residential use (outside of Strategic Sites) is proposed, demonstrate marketing at locally benchmarked [industrial] prices/rents through local agents for a period of at least 12 months for the full range of permitted uses, including the option for sub-division and mixed use development incorporating the viable employment uses; iii. Ensure neighbourly development is achieved (in line with policy SP8) and not jeopardising the functioning of any remaining employment uses, including those incorporated within the redevelopment; and iv. Demonstrate that new employment floorspace within the redevelopment is designed to respond to evidenced market demand and occupier requirements to secure viable occupation. b. Require proposals on sites covered by Managed Intensification specifications to demonstrate: i. genuine intensification that maintains or increases capacity of the relevant SIL or LIL land use and achieves a reduced spatial footprint or spatial impacts; and ii. no net loss of functionality, including ability to meet evidenced local and appropriate strategic industrial and warehousing qualitative and quantitative demand.

Skills and Access to Employment

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: More Newham residents will share in the increasing wealth associated with the expanding local and London-wide economy through: a. Tackling barriers to work, enhancing the employability and long term employment prospects for all Newham residents, (regardless of health or disability status) including through improvements to aspirations, skills and educational attainment, childcare and training and access, and support for successful employability projects established by the Council and other partners; b. Promotion of local labour agreements and procurement in the construction and operation of new development; and c. Support for start up and continued development of small and medium sized and social enterprises. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. New and expanded education, childcare and training facilities should follow the spatial strategy set out in INF8, including allowing ancillary training and/or childcare facilities for employers within employment hubs; and b. Development of more, and better quality affordable and flexible local workspaces and supporting infrastructure will be encouraged on Strategic Sites and within employment designations set out in Policy J2. 3. Design and Technical Criteria: a. Proposals for new employment and training space should demonstrate they are accessible for employees and trainees by a choice of transport modes as per INF2; new or intensified training and childcare provision will additionally need to meet the policy tests set out in INF8; b. All Major Developments will be required to help ensure that more Newham residents access work through seeking to secure that they occupy: i. 35% of all construction phase jobs; and ii. 50% of all post construction (end user) phase jobs; typically through a tariff-based contribution and an Employment Strategy (as per Policy J1), cognisant of proposed construction methods and sectoral specialisms and subject to viability; c. All Major Developments should demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, the desirability of supplying the construction and operational needs from within Newham; and d. Where post 16-year-old education or training is proposed, it should be demonstrated that the facility directly responds to the Borough's identified growth sectors set out within policy J1, provides recognised and accredited qualifications, and demonstrates support from links with local employers, including reference to the relevance of the proposed qualifications offer, noting the particular work of NCFE in this area.

Employment Hubs

1. Strategic Principles: a. Support and encourage suitable employment generating uses that contribute to sustained economic growth, sustainability and Convergence objectives across Newham's Arc of Opportunity and in key locations including Town Centres and other designated Employment Hubs set out in Table 6 and on the Policies Map; b. Protect and manage strategically important employment land and premises for employment generating uses, with particular regard to Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL), Locally Important Industrial Sites (LIL), Local Mixed Use Areas (LMUA) and Major Business and Office Areas (MBOA) as defined in J2, or to ensure their redevelopment delivers appropriate alternative provision and/or compensatory contribution to employment objectives; c. Promote diverse, flexible and high quality employment environments that help create and support a range of sustainable, quality employment opportunities for residents addressing national, regional and local growth sectors including culture, creative and visitor and evening economy, education and knowledge-led economy, hi-tech manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, construction and green enterprise and business and business services; d. Ensure that new employment-generating development and town centre uses occur in accessible locations with good public transport connectivity and, where appropriate, support for the evening and night-time economy and Cultural Industries, with particular emphasis on Stratford Metropolitan, East Ham, Forest Gate and Green Street town centres, and locations with particular visitor economy roles; and e. Promote appropriate intermixing of uses (particularly employment and housing) at appropriate locations, using 'Agent of Change' principles, to create mixed-use, resilient, inclusive and socially coherent neighbourhoods and town centres, with necessary mitigation of cumulative impacts as per SP9. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Within and where appropriate adjoining the designated Employment Hubs (Table 6), and specifically within SILs, LILs and MBOAs support and encourage new employment-generating development and improvements to the quality of existing employment premises and environments at scales and densities appropriate to those locations; b. In Town Centres (notably Stratford Metropolitan, East Ham, Forest Gate and Green Street) support and encourage town centre uses (including retail, leisure, hospitality, offices, cultural and creative, visitor accommodation, education and associated supply chain) at appropriate scale, and, in larger centres, evening and night-time economy uses, subject to meeting the sequential test as per Policy INF5 and SP6, and the criteria in section 3 below; c. In LMUAs and MBOAs support and encourage cultural and creative industries and associated supply chain and in appropriate cases residential-compatible employment, recognising agglomeration effects and the importance of tenure and affordability in supporting their viability; d. In LILs as defined in J2, protect and encourage appropriate industrial and warehousing uses that help serve local catchments and the wider arc of opportunity, recognising their operational requirements and locational advantages including lower cost premises; e. Outside of these designations, support small-scale employment generating uses of appropriate design, scale, unless related to the visitor economy, (as per 2b above), clearly ancillary to other uses, and the NPPF sequential test is met (as per INF5 and SP6); and f. Small-scale start-up and/or cultural and creative workspace will be directed to town centres, (notably Stratford Metropolitan, East Ham, Forest Gate and Green Street), LMUAs and MBOAs, and where appropriate CFOAs (as defined in J2 & INF8) or masterplanned as part of mixed use Strategic Sites, notably at North Woolwich Gateway. 3. Design and Technical Criteria: a. New employment-generating development should demonstrate, especially when outside of LILs and SILs, that it can exist in close proximity to housing with minimal amenity impact as per SP8; b. New housing must demonstrate neighbourliness in respect of existing and potential employment uses, LILs, SILs, and existing employment uses in employment hubs or where otherwise expected to prevail, taking on responsibility for protecting those uses from the possibility of future complaint due to the proximity of new residential neighbours; c. Require new out of centre town centre uses of more than 300 sq m net (sales floorspace) to demonstrate that they do not result in unacceptable impacts as per INF5:3a; d. New night-time economy uses must demonstrate that they promote a safe and high quality environment for all, cognisant of cumulative impacts set out in Policy SP9; and e. Require all Strategic Site proposals and major developments incorporating employment floorspace in employment hubs and/or on SIL, LIL, and LMUAs set out in J2, to address Convergence objectives through an Employment Strategy that details: i. phasing of new permanent employment-generating floorspace in such a way that maximises the likelihood of beneficial use considering deployment of temporary uses where appropriate; ii. marketing/demand testing and occupier commitments in relation to the proposed mix of unit type, scale and tenure, recognising the identified shortages and surpluses identified by the Newham ELR Part 2 and subsequent updates; and iii. commitments to work with the Council's Workplace organisation to maximise local employment opportunities, including appropriate lead-in times in relation to training provision.

Energy and Zero Carbon

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: a. All development will minimise and reduce carbon emissions by following the lean, clean, green energy hierarchy; all Major development will meet London Plan Zero Carbon targets; and b. Energy planning should contribute to the Council's Resilience agenda in relation to costs and service level in the ongoing provision of energy. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. The development and expansion of decentralised energy networks (including low-carbon generation, storage and transmission infrastructure) will be a central component of the scale of growth within the Arc of Opportunity; and b. Development should be configured to maximise the use of natural and waste energy sources including sunlight/daylight and (where feasible) ground / air / water / waste heat, where otherwise acceptable in terms of environmental impacts. 3. Design and technical criteria: a. All development is encouraged to incorporate Smart Meter technology that allows occupants to monitor and manage their energy usage. Major development will be required to commit to carrying out post-construction audits demonstrating compliance with CO2 reduction targets and incorporate Smart Meters that deliver monitoring data to the Local Authority for a minimum period of 3 years post-occupation; b. Statements setting out how development complies with the above strategic principles and spatial strategy should be provided; all Major development should be accompanied by an Energy Strategy/Assessment that: i. Conforms to latest GLA guidance (currently Energy Planning – March 2016) and requirements/guidance concerning Zero Carbon; ii. Prioritises connection to heat networks (where they exist or planned development is known) and confirms appropriate mechanisms will be put in place to ensure end customers are protected in respect of the price of energy and level of service provided; iii. Provides for connection to heat networks in future where connection is not made prior to occupation (including detail of any required retrofitting); iv. Demonstrates compliance with air quality standards, including the emissions standards for renewable and low-carbon plant set out in London Plan guidance; and v. Confirms that the risks of overheating have been addressed through the design of the development, as per policy SC1. c. Developments connecting to heat networks will provide evidence of ongoing management mechanisms, ensuring end customers are protected in respect of the price of energy and level of service.

Green Infrastructure and the Blue Ribbon Network

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles & Spatial Strategy: a. Green infrastructure and the Blue Ribbon Network will be protected and enhanced. For the purposes of this protection (and to be read in conjunction with policy SC4), the sites and features identified in Appendix 3 and shown on the Policies Map are designated as Protected Green Space; b. The multiple roles and benefits of designated and undesignated Green Infrastructure will be maximised and promote implementation of policies SP2, SP5, INF7, SC1, SC3 and SC4; c. A 'green grid' approach will be promoted, with new and enhanced spaces - notably as part of the Lea River Park (GI-1) - adding to the connectivity established along rail and river corridors, the Greenway (GI-4), and the chain of Metropolitan Open Land in the east of the borough (GI-2/3); and d. Residential and visitor moorings will be supported where need can be demonstrated outside of SIL and LIL areas in accordance with H3 and J1. 2. Design and technical criteria: a. In effecting the need to protect green and blue infrastructure, there should be no net loss of functionality, taking into account cumulative impacts and the multiple roles and benefits of such infrastructure (including quantum where this is material to its function); and b. Development in the vicinity of the Lea Valley Regional Park should contribute to implementation of its adopted plans.

Environmental Resilience

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: a. In design, construction, and operation, development must respond to the known effects of climate change, including the likelihood of extreme weather events, geohazard risks, increased water scarcity and warmer temperatures; b. Development must be resource-efficient, recognising the increasing pressure on resources due to population growth and environmental stress as well as the economic opportunities of 'waste'; c. Bolster the Council's wider resilience agenda, development will promote local production (notably food growing), procurement, and labour (see J3); d. Ameliorate past environmental degradation, (as evident in water quality, habitat loss and contaminated land) to enhance site potential and minimise future degradation; e. Encourage the take-up of opportunities to improve resource efficiency in existing homes and buildings through retrofitting, subject to the sensitivities identified in SP5; and f. Development should take advantage of linked opportunities in sustainable design and minimise conflict between different strands, notably through: i. The biodiversity, pollution control and flood-reduction benefits of surface water attenuation measures as per the SUDS hierarchy (see SC3); ii. The temperature-regulation and surface water attenuation benefits of biodiversity enhancements (see SC4); iii. Avoiding conflict with air quality objectives (see SC5); iv. The opportunity to integrate food growing, including consideration as a temporary use. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Support implementation of the Thames River Basin Management Plan; b. Remediate gasholder sites for more beneficial use that would meet other aspirations of the plan; c. Improve opportunities for food growing, including through the protection and creation of allotments and other local growing space; d. Make best use of locally-available energy sources (see SC2 and INF4); and e. Protect and enhance the 'green grid' (see INF6). 3. Design and technical criteria: a. Development will achieve at least the following standards (Table 11), or equivalent standards within updated/replacement schemes: - All Major applications that are not solely residential new build: BREEAM UK New Construction or BREEAM UK Domestic Refurbishment / Non-Domestic Refurbishment and Fit-Out: Excellent - New build non-residential and mixed use with over 500 sq.m GIA: BREEAM UK New Construction: Very good - Residential: London Plan Zero Carbon: As per policy SC2 b. All development will incorporate water efficiency measures to achieve a consumption target of 105 litres or less per head per day (residential) or 'excellent' Wat 01 rating (non-residential development the subject of a BREEAM assessment); c. Where contamination is known or suspected, proposals will include adequate investigation of land contamination with remedial works agreed prior to the start of development. Reference to CLR11 Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination or subsequent updates should be made;

Flood Risk and Drainage

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: a. No development should worsen flood risk to any location and should contribute to an overall reduction in flood risk across the Borough. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Development should be directed towards areas of lower flood risk in accordance with the sequential approach and in relation to the vulnerability of the proposed use. b. Where the sequential approach cannot be met, the Exception Test should be applied in accordance with NPPF 102-104 and London Plan 5.12-5.13. 3. Design and technical criteria: a. Development proposals should demonstrate a strategic approach to flood resilience. Sustainable design measures should contribute to reducing flood risk including: i. Use of permeable surfaces as far as possible, particularly in private gardens, amenity spaces and car parking areas; ii. Integration of SUDS and water storage solutions that provide multifunctional benefits (e.g. biodiversity, recreational, landscape); iii. Inclusion of tree planting and living roofs that reduce the urban heat island effect; iv. Where possible, creation and/or restoration of public open space that incorporates water features (in accordance with SP2 and SC1). b. Development within Flood Zones 2 and 3 must meet all of the following requirements: i. Demonstrate (through a site-specific Flood Risk Assessment) that the Exception Test is satisfied in line with national policy; ii. Apply the sequential approach to site layout, placing more vulnerable uses in areas of lower flood risk, away from surface water flood risk and away from the 1% annual probability flood level + allowance for climate change, or above the 2100 tidal breach flood level where the site is within the Thames tidal breach flood extent; iii. Avoid basements unless they are for parking, plant and storage and are designed to be watertight with appropriate safeguarding measures such as sumps and pumps (where a basement lies within the 1% annual probability flood level + allowance for climate change, or above the 2100 tidal breach flood level, either the watertight approach is confirmed or its use is abandoned); iv. Ensure all 'less vulnerable' and 'vulnerable' uses have finished floor levels no less than 300mm above the 1% annual probability flood level + allowance for climate change, or above the 2100 tidal breach flood level where the site is within the Thames tidal breach flood extent; v. Ensure all 'more vulnerable', 'highly vulnerable' and 'essential infrastructure' uses have finished floor levels no less than 300mm above the 1% annual probability flood level + allowance for climate change; and vi. Provide safe access/egress, such that occupants can reach Flood Zone 1 via public rights of way; c. All development should enable separation of foul and surface flows and incorporate Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) that reduce surface water run-off. All Major development and any development falling within a Critical Drainage Area (CDA) should achieve Greenfield Run-off and be accompanied by a Surface Water Drainage Strategy that: i. Clarifies before- and after-development run-off rates and addresses water quality impacts, ensuring run-off is clean and safe; ii. Follows the Drainage Hierarchy of the London Plan; iii. Maximises the use of SUDS in accordance with the SUDS hierarchy (see SC1); iv. Confirms the ownership, management and maintenance arrangements of any SUDS features; v. Shows regard to the recommendations of Newham's Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP) and Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (LFRMS); vi. Confirms, only where it can be demonstrated that site conditions prohibit the achievement of greenfield run-off, that a rate no higher than 3 times greenfield will be achieved; and d. Where culverted watercourses are present, opportunities for de-culverting should be investigated. Where de-culverting is not possible within the realities of a site, contributions to de-culverting elsewhere in the Borough may be sought.

Biodiversity

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: a. Biodiversity, including aquatic and riparian habitats, will be protected and enhanced, with all development contributing to the achievement of net gain, and where compatible, improvements to access to nature; b. Permitting development only where it can be demonstrated that significant adverse impact on protected species and habitats is avoided; and c. Water quality will be protected and enhanced, with development contributing to achievement of River Basin Management Plan objectives wherever relevant. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Trees subject to TPOs, European Sites (notably Epping Forest SAC), and Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) (see INF6 and Appendix 3) will be specifically protected, having regard both to direct and indirect impact pathways; and b. As per INF6, habitat connectivity and access to nature will be promoted through the extension of the green grid. 3. Design and technical criteria: a. Where any disturbance to or removal of trees is required, replacement will be expected; b. Any development that creates one or more residential unit or pertains to 500 sq. m or more GIA of any non-residential use should be accompanied by a Biodiversity Statement that: i. Demonstrates the opportunity to enhance biodiversity has been maximised, including through the provision of soft landscaping and the management of non-native invasive species on the site; ii. Demonstrates how the development protects connectivity between habitats and avoids (or mitigates) impacts upon existing trees, hedging, soft landscaping, and other biodiversity features; iii. Sets out technical detail in relation to the efficacy of green roofs, specifically depth and variation of substrate; iv. Addresses potential need for a Water Framework Directive compliance assessment and relevant management of direct or indirect impacts on the ecological and chemical value of a waterbody; v. Incorporates, where required, a Habitats Regulations Assessment (in accordance with the Strategic Site allocation or policies INF7 or SC5) which considers direct and indirect impact pathways and in-combination and cumulative effects on the Epping Forest SAC; vi. In the case of Major developments, uses recognised biodiversity accounting technologies to demonstrate how biodiversity net gain is delivered; and vii. Set outs proposals for off-site mitigation via payments in lieu to a relevant provider where either net gain is impossible to achieve on site due to conflicts with the safe operation of transport and utilities infrastructure, or off site impacts on European sites are likely.

Air Quality

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: a. All development should be at least Air Quality Neutral, supporting a net decrease in specified pollutants and making design, access, energy, and management decisions that minimise air pollution generation and exposure at demolition, construction, and operation stage; and b. Development will support implementation of Newham's Air Quality Action Plan, ensuring identified actions and mitigation are incorporated where relevant. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Development along major roads or in other locations that experience air quality exceedances should be configured to improve the dispersal of identified pollutants and reduce exposure without compromising SP7 objectives; and b. Development close to navigable waterways should maximise use of waterborne freight and waste movement during construction and operation. 3. Design and technical criteria: a. Air quality neutrality should be demonstrated using methodologies set out by the London Plan and related guidance; b. All Major development should detail how it aligns with the Mayor of London's Control of Dust & Emissions during Construction & Demolition SPG or subsequent updates; c. Waste facilities and other dust and emissions-generating uses should be fully enclosed or provide an equivalent level of environmental protection with respect to air emissions; d. Developments should only deploy combustion-based energy sources (including CHP, biomass boilers, and wood-burning stoves) as a last resort; those that do should demonstrate use of low-emission plant and post process mitigat

Heritage and other Successful Place-making Assets

Proposals which address the following strategic principles and spatial strategy and design and technical criteria in their concept, design and implementation will be supported: 1. Strategic principles and spatial strategy a. The value of heritage and other assets (natural, cultural, architectural, and infrastructural) which contribute to local character and successful places will be recognised by protection, conservation, and enhancement of the assets and their settings, and where appropriate, cultivation of new ones; b. Urban design should recognise the strengths and weaknesses of local character and seek to contribute positively to the composition of the townscape, achieving better integration and enhancement of new and old, natural and built environments, infrastructure and living environments; c. Designated and non-designated heritage assets will be conserved and enhanced, with any change to them based on an understanding of the nature of their significance and the contribution of their settings to that significance, seeking to increase their presence and encourage wider appreciation, ownership of, and access to them; d. Innovation will be encouraged to realise the value of assets and secure viable, sustainable and appropriate futures for them, particularly where they are under-performing/'at Risk', reconciling this with the sensitivity to change presented by many (see also Policies SC2, SC4, INF6 and INF7); e. In addition to heritage assets designated under other regimes – listed buildings, conservation areas (Table 3 below), Scheduled Monuments, Historic Parks and Gardens – the locations listed in Tables 1 and Table 2 below are designated as Areas of Townscape Value and Archaeological Priority Areas (all these are mapped in Figure 3.3 below). 2. Design and technical criteria a. Proposals should refer to and draw on the borough's Character Study (which includes details of Areas of Townscape Value) and where relevant, Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans and Archaeological Priority Areas to help identify heritage and other assets relevant to their scheme, and strengths and weaknesses of local character; and b. The relevant consultation and investigation expectations that accompany an APA designation (set out by GLAAS) should be complied with.

Building Sustainable Mixed Communities

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design, technical and management criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: a. Enable, from a range of sources, a net increase of additional quality homes exceeding 43,000 between 2018 and 2033 in general accordance with the 'delivery phases' outlined below; b. Ensure quality neighbourhoods are created and secure a step change in residential quality, requiring all developments to provide high levels of design quality and have access to adequate supporting infrastructure and community facilities, in accordance with Policies SP2, SP3, SP8 and H3; c. Secure the delivery of a mix and balance of housing types, including a significant increase in family housing to replace that lost to conversion, through requiring 39% of the number of new homes on all sites capable of delivering 10 units or more being 3 bedroom homes for families, subject to the appropriate mix considerations below; d. Sites allocated, or with a recent consent for residential or part-residential development, should be developed at least in part for conventional housing; and e. Housing densities and site locations should not inhibit the provision of quality family accommodation. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. The majority of new housing will come forward on Strategic Sites allocated by the spatial policies as per Appendix 1, predicated on plan-led, managed release; b. The delivery of non-strategic sites (Table 8), allocated for either residential or residential-led mixed-use development to assist in the delivery of a mix and balance of housing types, sizes and tenures; further information is to be found in the sites schedule, Appendix 2; c. All new housing sites will comprise a mixture of housing sizes and / or types or tenure; d. Where the inclusion of purpose built Build to Rent accommodation is justified as part of a broader housing mix, delivery should occur on Strategic Sites or, where units will operate as HMOs, be in HMO appropriate locations in accordance with policy H3; e. [De-]Conversion of commercial and community use premises located in out of centre ribbon development to residential uses will be encouraged, alongside bringing spaces above shops [back] into viable residential use in accordance with Policy SP7 and subject to Policies H3, SP3, J2, INF5 and INF8; f. Housing densities will reflect environmental capacity, (as per SC1-5) local context and character (in line with Policies S1 – S6 and SP3) and be appropriate in relation to the availability of open space (including public green space, private gardens and play space), transport, retail, community and other supporting facilities as per S1 and INF9; and g. Windfall sites, (not identified by site allocations and outside of SIL, LIL and MOL and greenbelt) which come forward for residential development, will be supported subject to their addressing all relevant policies in the Plan. 3. Design and Technical Criteria: a. The appropriate mix of housing sizes, types and tenures will be determined through: i. primarily the consideration of the need to secure quality, mixed and balanced communities; ii. scheme viability; iii. the availability of subsidy; iv. the existing mix of housing in the area; and v. the individual circumstances of the site in terms of site conditions, local context and site features, particularly on sites delivering below 10 units. b. All new homes should meet the internal space standards of the London Plan as a minimum, as well as provide adequate external private open space (as set out in Supplementary Planning Guidance and subsequent updates) or if specialist housing, those set out in Policy H3; c. 90% of new build homes should meet requirement M4[2] of Building Regulations Approved Document M (for 'accessible and adaptable dwellings'); 10% of new build homes should meet requirement M4[3] (for 'wheelchair user dwellings'); d. Provision of wheelchair user dwellings (Part M4[3]) should be directed towards local need in terms of size, tenure, and demand for wheelchair user adapted homes, determined through early engagement with relevant LBN service areas; e. Purpose built Build to Rent accommodation must: i. operate under unified ownership and management within blocks or phases of at least 50 units; ii. be secured in perpetuity for the rental market and for a minimum 15 year term; and iii. offer long term tenancies for private renters for a minimum of three years with a six month break clause in favour of the tenant, with structured and limited in-tenancy rent increases agreed in advance; f. Specifically in relation to private rented sector products (PRS) offsite contributions to family housing will only be acceptable where onsite or offsite provision is proven to be infeasible and provided that these are proportionate and financially neutral; and g. Proposals on sites capable of delivering more than 10 units comprising less than 39% family housing, are required to be accompanied by a detailed viability appraisal as per the requirements set out in H2:2.

Specialist Housing

1. Strategic Principles: In relation to all specialist housing, proposals will be supported where they: a. Accord with policy H1 and SP8; b. Are supported by evidence of need (save for older persons housing falling within Use Class C2, older persons' housing and housing for vulnerable adults and those at risk, where the London Plan and a robust evidence base support the case for provision); c. Do not result in over-provision relative to identified need; and d. Comply with relevant Use Class and planning status requirements. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Nightly-stay hostels for homeless people and specialist private student accommodation should be located within town centres or along those sections of Key Movement Corridors within 800m of town centres. Nightly-stay hostels should also be located within 800m of relevant supporting facilities (e.g. specialist healthcare or social/leisure opportunities). Where barriers to Town Centre accessibility exist within an 800m catchment, proposals will be considered on a case by case basis; and b. The need to avoid creating or exacerbating cumulative impact hotspots / clusters as defined in policies SP9. 3. Design and Technical Criteria: a. The need to ensure that the amenities or unique characteristics of the existing neighbourhood are protected and enhanced; b. Proposals for housing other than conventional single-family housing: i. Should include an appropriately detailed and resourced management plan demonstrating the residential population mix and other management practices that minimise safeguarding risks, maximise opportunities to create and sustain social networks and access appropriate support, and ensures that the development is neighbourly as defined in policy SP8; ii. Demonstrate the achievement of one of the following quality standards, where applicable: • Newham and Pan-London Private Sector Rental Licensing benchmark criteria (for mainstream HMOs and other specialist sui generis multiple-occupancy housing); • Care Quality Commission criteria (for Class C2 uses) or any subsequent updates or replacements; • Pan-London quality benchmark for temporary (nightly stay) hostels ('Setting the Standard II'); and iii. In the case of accommodation for (non-nomadic) Gypsies and Travellers that fall outside of the PPTS definition, quality standards should be agreed in consultation with representatives of the local gypsy, traveller and travelling showpeople community; c. Demonstrate proportionality in the provision of student accommodation relative to conventional housing in relation to the following: i. The ratio of Newham's London Plan housing target to the maximum student housing requirement applied equivalently to the borough housing target derived from the London Plan; ii. The quantum and location of recent delivery of conventional housing; iii. The London-wide planning requirement for 26-33% of student accommodation to be purpose-built, as identified by the Mayor of London's Academic Forum; and iv. Whether the development is part of a wider local campus development increasing local need.; and d. The need for new specialist (Use Class C2) and sui generis nightly stay housing to be assessed having regard to the IDP and through advice from the relevant LBN service areas concerning additional local need. Occupancy from residents from outside of Newham should not on average comprise more than 33% of total residents.

Specialist Accommodation Needs

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design, management and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: a. An overall managed delivery of housing mix will be required that ensures that the local and strategic needs of all types of households are considered and that appropriate forms of accommodation are provided in the right locations, where this need has been clearly demonstrated. b. Purpose-built student accommodation should be provided in a proportionate manner to conventional housing, reflecting strategic and local need; c. Older people's housing and specialist provision for other vulnerable people (falling into Use Class C2) will be protected as community facilities/social infrastructure in accordance with policy INF8; d. New specialist (Use Class C2) and sui generis nightly-stay housing will be directed towards local need; and e. The need to deliver temporary accommodation, particularly in the form of modular housing as a meanwhile use, making use of sites identified as suitable for residential through a site allocation, is acknowledged. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Accommodation should be appropriately located in terms of the achievement of mixed and balanced communities and the ability to meet the needs of its occupants including via the provision of adequate transport and supporting facilities; b. Large and small HMOs should be purpose-built or converted from premises other than family-sized dwellings, subject to policies H1, H3, and H4; c. New student housing will be directed to the town centres of Stratford and Canning Town and existing campus developments within the Borough; d. Larger specialist residential accommodation (comprising six or more bed spaces) catering to older adults or persons with care needs should: i. Be directed to town centres and those sections of Key Movement Corridors within 400m of a Local Centre or 800m of a Town Centre, unless specific care needs / vulnerabilities justify an alternative location; and ii. Be within 800m of relevant supporting facilities (e.g. specialist healthcare or social/leisure opportunities), if appropriate, in relation to identified needs; e. Older people's housing (falling outside Use Class C2) should be delivered as part of the housing mix (and sit comfortably with conventional housing) on Strategic Sites; f. Purpose built build to rent HMOs, and otherwise policy-compliant conventional HMO conversions should be directed to Town and Local Centres and along Key Movement Corridors, where compatible with other policies; g. Nightly-stay hostels comprising 25 or more bed spaces should be located in town centres or along those sections of Key Movement Corridors within 800m of town centres. Nightly-stay hostels should also be located within 800m of relevant supporting facilities (e.g. specialist healthcare or social/leisure opportunities). Where barriers to Town Centre accessibility exist within an 800m catchment, proposals will be considered on a case by case basis; and h. The need to avoid creating or exacerbating cumulative impact hotspots / clusters as defined in policies SP9. 3. Design and Technical Criteria: a. The need to ensure that the amenities or unique characteristics of the existing neighbourhood are protected and enhanced; b. Proposals for housing other than conventional single-family housing: i. Should include an appropriately detailed and resourced management plan demonstrating the residential population mix and other management practices that minimise safeguarding risks, maximise opportunities to create and sustain social networks and access appropriate support, and ensures that the development is neighbourly as defined in policy SP8; ii. Demonstrate the achievement of one of the following quality standards, where applicable: • Newham and Pan-London Private Sector Rental Licensing benchmark criteria (for mainstream HMOs and other specialist sui generis multiple-occupancy housing); • Care Quality Commission criteria (for Class C2 uses) or any subsequent updates or replacements; • Pan-London quality benchmark for temporary (nightly stay) housing

Protecting and Re-shaping the Existing Housing Stock

Proposals that address the following strategic principles and spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles and Spatial Strategy: a. All housing including affordable and specialist housing, will be protected unless replaced with at least equivalent floorspace; b. The Council will specifically protect 3 bed and 4+ bed family housing; and c. De-conversion of flats and HMOs back to family dwelling houses (Use Class C3) will be supported. 2. Design and Technical Criteria: Notwithstanding the above criteria, the subdivision or conversion of: a. 3+ bed housing, subject to the satisfaction of other policies, may be appropriate where proposals deliver high quality conventional housing that also enhances the street scene and: i. Are located in a town or local centres, or along those sections of quality Movement Corridors or Linear Gateways within 400m of town or local centres; ii. Are located above an existing, occupied commercial unit; iii. Do not have access to external private amenity; and iv. Have poorly defined entrances; and b. Large family dwelling houses (4 bedroom plus), may be appropriate where all resulting new units are 4 bedroom plus family dwelling units (Use Class C3), and are accompanied by at least 45 sqm of private amenity space with a minimum width of 4m.

Waste and Recycling

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: a. The management of waste and development of waste facilities will: i. Follow the waste hierarchy, prioritising reduction, reuse, recycling, and energy recovery before final disposal; ii. Prioritise rail and water transport over use of the principal road network; iii. Observe the 'Proximity Principle', dealing with waste as close to its source as possible; and iv. Minimise spatial impacts; and b. Comply with the East London Waste Plan while recognising any updates to the strategic framework of the London Plan. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Schedule 1 safeguarded sites will be protected, and prioritised for new or expanding waste facilities for which there is a proven local need, followed by Strategic Industrial Locations as far as possible. Other locations may prove suitable where acceptable mitigation of impacts can be delivered in line with other development plan policies (specifically SP3, SP8 and SC5); b. Development at Beckton Riverside will include a waste facility with capacity to meet strategic waste needs unless it is demonstrated that there is no longer a need for such a facility in that location (through updated evidence concerning strategic need via an updated Joint Waste Plan or submission of equivalent robust evidence); and c. Other waste sites will be protected as per Managed Release, transition and intensification specifications set out in J2 and where relevant, spatial policies. 3. Design and technical criteria: a. As per policy SC5, all waste facilities should be fully enclosed or provide an equivalent level of environmental protection with respect to [air] emissions; b. Development should ensure on-site handling and storage can meet the needs of the development and local collection arrangements without amenity impacts for occupiers or neighbours; this includes future-proofing through the facilitation of tri-separation and collection. Where feasible, innovative approaches to sustainable waste management that support the implementation of policy SP3 and SP8 should be provided; and c. Major development proposals should be accompanied by Site Waste Management Plans setting out how the requirements of this policy are met.

Utilities Infrastructure

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic principles: a. Sufficient utilities infrastructure capacity (including energy and water supply, wastewater handling, and telecoms) will be established to meet the needs of development over an appropriate time horizon, with projects identified in the IDP receiving in principle support; b. The spatial and environmental impacts of utilities infrastructure will be minimised and where feasible reduced, particularly where existing facilities are being expanded or reconfigured; c. The expansion of decentralised energy networks will be facilitated and supported in principle; and d. The use of innovative energy technologies that reduce fossil fuel use and emissions by exploiting sustainable or waste energy sources is encouraged, specifically air, ground, waste, and water heat pumps where appropriate. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Utilities infrastructure, particularly in the Arc of Opportunity will evolve to keep up with growth and facilitate the creation of new neighbourhoods and economic opportunities. This includes but is not limited to: i. Expansion of operational capacity at Beckton Sewage Treatment Works; ii. Extension of superfast broadband to new development sites and new and existing employment areas; iii. Provision of additional energy transmission infrastructure in the vicinity of the Royal Docks and Beckton, and heat network infrastructure to distribute locally generated energy across the Arc; iv. De-commissioning and remediation of gasholder sites, providing necessary legacy gas pressure etc. infrastructure. 3. Design and technical criteria: a. Confirmation that sufficient utilities capacity exists to meet the needs of the development will be required, with proportionate contributions to studies or upgrades made where necessary; b. All energy sources (including CHP and renewable energy installations) with an output of 50kWe or more should provide for connection to heat networks and be flagged to the GLA for inclusion on the London Heat Map; c. As per SC2, all Major development should prioritise connection to heat networks or provide for connection in future where connection is not made prior to occupation; d. Heat network infrastructure should be designed, constructed, and managed in accordance with the London Heat Network Manual and Policy SC2; e. Air, ground, waste, and water source heat pump installations should conform to relevant up-to-date guidance and ensure all licences from relevant statutory bodies can be acquired; f. New and intensified utilities infrastructure projects should demonstrate through an options appraisal that the favoured scheme is the most appropriate in terms of spatial and environmental impacts, costs and feasibility; g. All new development, including road and rail schemes, should incorporate future-proofed ducting to accommodate utilities connection requirements, and be designed to accommodate access and safety considerations in relation to key utilities infrastructure including high voltage cabling; h. Development in the vicinity of Beckton STW should undertake an Odour Impact Assessment and respond with appropriate mitigation as necessary as per the guidance cited in policy SP8.

Infrastructure Delivery

Proposals that address the following strategic principles and spatial strategy, and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles and Spatial Strategy: a. All development will be required to demonstrate infrastructure sufficiency, accounting for existing deficits as well as new needs arising, with new infrastructure delivered alongside housing and other growth; b. Identified infrastructure needs and planning requirements needed to accommodate planned growth (other than those relating to access to jobs and access to conventional housing) are set out in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan and where appropriate, Site allocations and spatial policies; c. Where infrastructure needs, including housing mix, employability interventions and the type of infrastructure solution to an issue arising are subject to viability, the following priorities accord with the plan's objectives: i. Family and affordable housing to help create stable, mixed and balanced communities; ii. Local access to employment and training to help secure convergence and resilience; and iii. Infrastructure that secures 'good growth' and optimises development potential, balancing local and strategic needs. 2. Technical Criteria: a. In demonstrating infrastructure sufficiency, an assessment should be undertaken accounting for: i. The needs, commitments and planning requirements set out in the IDP and relevant thematic policies and site allocation specifications that reflect this; ii. Recent technical studies and engagement with strategic infrastructure commissioners and providers that may update the position set out in the latest IDP; iii. Accessibility, capacity and availability of existing infrastructure in the area where this is to be relied upon; iv. Potential CIL contributions relative to the infrastructure funding gap, and mindful of the spending limitations set out in the Reg 123 list; and v. The ability of the development proposal to make physical and financial contributions to meet needs arising where consistent with other policies and latest CIL regulations.

Beckton Area Action Plan

1. Strategic Principles: a. Beckton will deliver major mixed-use regeneration including housing growth, retail and leisure provision for identified structure needs, a new internationally oriented hi-tech, knowledge-intensive business district benefiting from Enterprise Zone status, and renewal and improvements to the existing residential and industrial areas, focusing on their strengths as a green, family-oriented neighbourhood and a regionally significant centre for green industry, engineering, warehousing and logistics; and b. Major new housing (at least 5278 units) and infrastructure provision and significant numbers of the borough's targeted jobs growth will be delivered primarily on 4 Strategic Sites (through partial Managed Release of SIL) acting in concert with those in adjoining neighbouring areas and well integrated with their surroundings, with non-strategic opportunities, including through Managed Intensification, and sensitive infill also being identifiable at locations within the wider area. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Beckton Riverside will provide a new hallmark mixed use area, building on the strengths of the riverside location, good Strategic Road Network access, [further] scope to extend MOL, continuous riverside access and optimal pedestrian and cycling permeability, and the established retailer commitment to the location, as well as extensive infrastructure investment yielding new connections including river crossings and station(s) and accessible community facilities commensurate with the scale of development. Gallions Reach Shopping Park will co-evolve and intensify to become a Major town centre for the area focused around a transport hub, in the mix of shops and wider offer provided, the variety of unit sizes, the connections with local residential areas including new housing in vertical mixed use formats within it, and reduction in the dominance of car parking; b. Other new residential development, community facilities and small scale business use and a local centre at the station will consolidate the new community developing around Albert Basin, ensuring it is safe, with good connections to East Beckton District Centre, neighbouring UEL and the new neighbourhoods and town centre at Beckton Riverside, and convivial, continuous public space alongside the docks and river; c. Royal Albert North will become a new state-of-the-art business quarter of international importance for high-tech, knowledge and cultural driven industries, benefiting from enhanced DLR access connecting with Crossrail, proximity to UEL and the University Technical College, green grid connections to open space and continuous dockside routes; d. The East Beckton District Centre will be consolidated at the eastern end close to public transport links, and become less island-based and inward-looking, with an improved public realm, renewal of the convenience offer and a wider array of town centre uses, and better linkages between the precinct and other shops and services in the area, as well as local neighbourhoods; redevelopment of the adjacent Alpine Way retail park will enhance the centre's vitality and viability ensuring it is more clearly the commercial and community hub for the area, and better manage its integration with the residential development to the east, and successfully manage the transition to SIL to the north; e. London Industrial Park and Gemini Business Park will continue to act as a significant component of the Borough's industrial offer, reflecting emerging growth sectors notably warehousing and logistics and taking advantage of links to road and river transport and SIL protection requiring their appropriate buffering, whilst through better integration with neighbouring areas, improving their comfort, convenience and permeability for pedestrians and cyclists with onward connection to public transport links and the river; Strategic Sites and to some extent unallocated retail parks offer some potential to relieve pressure on SIL, through the development of modern workspace that is more compatible (than core SIL uses) with other uses; f. The 1980/90s suburban estate, with its good access to large areas of green and water space, and community facilities, will continue to provide an excellent location for families, with enhanced and expanded schools and healthcare provision. The area will become increasingly well-connected and legible, through improvements to bus and DLR services and efforts to reduce the barrier effects of the A13, Royal Albert Way, Royal Docks Road and the area's disconnected street pattern, together with public realm and natural surveillance improvements, along these and Woolwich Manor Way and in the local parks, securing improved routes to the town centre and the other retail parks in the area, DLR stations, Greenway, and the riverside/dockside and employment areas in between; g. Links will also be improved with surrounding areas, with the extension of the DLR network and station capacity enhancements (including platform lengthening), and other new river crossings, and a reduction through design and masterplanning of the barrier effects of the surrounding roads, rivers, docks, railways, industrial areas and retail parks being addressed to connect with neighbouring communities and employment in Barking and Dagenham, East Ham the Royal Docks and across the River Thames; h. Heritage assets will be better recognised including gas workers' cottages at Winsor Terrace, and remnants of dock-related buildings, whilst views from the Greenway, to and along the rivers, and to Shooters Hill will be enhanced; i. The area will continue to be important for utilities infrastructure, with ongoing investment in the capacity, efficiency and [on and off site] mitigation of environmental and spatial impact at the sewage treatment works, former gasworks, and DLR depot, ensuring that overall development capacity, including in the immediate vicinity, is maximised. Modern waste processing and recycling is also compatible with industrial permissions, and should make use of river transport where feasible; j. Low carbon local energy generation and district heating will be typical throughout the area with major developments being required to provide for connection and/or add to existing networks in addition to the provision of significant new energy transmission and ICT infrastructure to meet business, residential and transport needs; and k. In order to deliver the above vision-based spatial strategy, the following Strategic Sites, as shown on the Policies Map, are allocated for development as set out in Appendix 1: S19 Albert Basin, S31 Royal Albert North, S01 Beckton Riverside, S02 Alpine Way

Spatial Strategy and Strategic Framework

1. Strategic Principles a. Population growth is accompanied by jobs growth and timely delivery of supporting physical, social and green infrastructure, including that to address existing deficits and cumulative impacts; d. Keeping Newham Moving through promoting a significant modal shift towards active modes of travel and public transport and ensuring appropriate investment in the quality and connectivity of its strategic and local route and communications network (road based and otherwise) and e. Enabling Newham to become cleaner and greener, achieving sustainable development through all scales of development by maximising integration of green infrastructure, and other sustainable design, technologies and management techniques, including innovative approaches to energy requirements, air quality, flood risk and waste management. 2. Vision based spatial strategy a. The greatest opportunities for change will come forward within the Arc of Opportunity which will be the primary focus for new job creation, infrastructure development, new town and local centres, carefully located tall buildings at public transport nodes, and the vast majority of new housing on large sites in Beckton, the Royal Docks, Canning Town and Custom House, West Ham and Stratford, reconnecting residents with the rivers and docks; b. Urban Newham will see more incremental and smaller scale change in a 'Web of Opportunity' focused on Town and Local Centres and Crossrail stations, but will benefit from new development in the Arc and elsewhere through investment and improved connectivity within the Borough (notably north-south), and beyond (notably across the Thames and across London), and comparable attention to design quality, including carefully placed taller buildings, with wider neighbourhoods strengthened according to their particular character, assets and opportunities, making creative use of small spaces, redevelopment opportunities and retrofitting; c. Successful mixed use areas will emerge and be sustained, notably in town centres, LMUAs and on Strategic Sites, and at a smaller scale particularly associated with social infrastructure investment; d. A major but managed shift from traditional industrial activity will be achieved on Strategic Sites and LMUAs and more broadly along the Lower Lea Valley and in the Royal Docks Enterprise Zone towards employment uses in emerging growth sectors such as high technology and creative industries, night-time, visitor, retail, leisure and cultural economy, business and financial services, making best use of heritage and other assets in the area; e. Heavier industrial uses, warehouses and utilities will continue to be concentrated, but will evolve and intensify in the Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL) in Beckton, Thameside East and West and Cody Road and smaller, locally significant industrial areas (LILs) elsewhere, supported by appropriate environmental enhancements, buffering, and active but consolidated wharves; f. Whilst utilities infrastructure including transport depots, ferry access, sewage works and electricity pylons will continue to be present supporting growth and investment, its spatial impact will be minimised to help secure compatibility with other uses as these come closer; new utilities infrastructure will be particularly related to the requirements of modern sustainable living and environmental resilience; g. Focused, vibrant, accessible and multi-functional Town and Local Centres will be strengthened according to their particular character, assets and opportunities as vital hearts to local neighbourhoods, with a clear hierarchy evident in function and form, from the Metropolitan Centre of Stratford, through to Major Centres at East Ham, Beckton Riverside and Canning Town, and District Centres at Green Street, Forest Gate and East Beckton, and local centres at other key transport nodes; h. New and enhanced open spaces and walking and cycling routes will be created throughout the Borough, making best use of the Borough's waterways and green spaces, securing the delivery of optimal route and nodal frequency, missing links and view corridors, to support the realisation of a connected, continuous permeable and legible movement and green space network; and i. All new development will be well integrated with its surroundings to create successful high quality and well connected areas, including the limitation of tall buildings to identified suitable locations. 3. Design and technical criteria a. Sites should be designed and developed comprehensively: the Council will resist the development of any sites in a piecemeal way, particularly where this would prejudice the realisation of the overall vision for the area or where timing of delivery would be unsupported by infrastructure. Large applications will be expected to be accompanied by realistic phasing proposals; and b. The expectation is that Strategic Sites and any major unallocated sites should be masterplanned, with particular attention to: i. The successful integration of the scheme with the wider public area (including the transport network) and compatibility with existing uses; ii. The transition between and neighbourliness of, different uses both within the site and in relation to adjacent areas, as per policies SP8 and J2; iii. The proposed mix and arrangement of housing types, sizes and tenures, as per policy H1; iv. Delivery of key strategic links and connections set out in Policies S2-6 and INF2 of new local/town centres and multi-functional community facilities (notably schools), public open space and other green infrastructure; v. The accommodation of tall buildings as per the strategic approach set out in Policy SP4; and vi. The need to secure appropriate and proportionate contributions made by individual developments to the infrastructure requirements of the scheme as a whole.

Stratford and West Ham

Proposals that address the following over-arching strategic criteria and spatial strategy will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles: a. Achieve a distinctive, varied and thriving Metropolitan centre, together with secondary intensification and regeneration focused around Plaistow, Maryland and West Ham stations, providing investment and carefully managed development to drive delivery of new and rejuvenated communities and significant economic growth; b. The regionally significant economic role of the area will be centred on Stratford which will provide major employment and business opportunities derived from its international, regional and local connectivity, quality of environment and strategic retail growth (including a significant amount of higher order comparison goods), tourism and visitor economy including food, drink, arts and cultural, quality leisure and evening and night-time activity, and significant healthcare and education facilities (including higher and further education), together with the extensive service sector supporting these; and c. Major new housing (at least 4286 units) and accompanying jobs growth and infrastructure provision will be delivered primarily on 3 Strategic Sites, acting in concert with those in adjoining neighbouring areas and well integrated with their surroundings, with non-strategic opportunities, including through Managed Transition and sensitive infill also being identifiable at locations close to other transport hubs and within the wider area. 2. Vision-based Spatial Strategy a. Stratford will maintain and extend its success as a town centre, becoming more integrated through physical linkages, improvements to legibility and parity of design and public realm quality with Stratford City and the International Quarter, with a significant reduction in the dominance of traffic and comfortable, convenient pedestrian and cycling movement, and with its Metropolitan status and unrivalled transport connectivity marked by careful distribution of the tallest buildings in the borough. Variety and distinctiveness will be fostered by the range of uses in the centre; a mix of unit types and scales including market facilities; local, wider London and international customers, visitors and businesses; and re-valuation of its heritage and character assets notably the St Johns Conservation area and listed buildings and proximity to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and local waterways; b. Investment opportunities brought by Crossrail and associated public realm and interchange enhancements will improve the retail and service offer at Maryland local centre to better reflect its role as a gateway to Metropolitan Stratford and Urban Newham; c. New Local Centres and community uses focused around West Ham and Plaistow stations will become resource hubs for surrounding neighbourhoods including significant new areas of housing, marked by new tall buildings and well-used by new and existing residents, local workers and others passing through the area; d. Outside of the Abbey Mills and Plaistow North Strategic Sites, which will see comprehensive development, residential hinterlands will undergo gradual renewal brought about by the cumulative impact of small scale changes, including public realm and smaller scale infrastructure improvements particularly focused on the Key Corridors of Romford Road, Leyton Road / Angel Lane, Manor Road and West Ham Lane / New Plaistow Road; e. The area's other heritage and character assets, notably University Conservation Area, Church Street North ATV, West Ham Park and its setting and view towards St John's Church in Stratford, views from and access to the Greenway, and access to waterways, will be enhanced, ensuring that they form an integral part of the area's future through sensitive integration in line with Policies SP5, J1, INF6 and INF7; f. Improvements to local permeability and connectivity, notably east-west south of the High Street, and across the High Street will overcome barriers to movement caused by railways, busy or disconnected roads, waterways, and key development sites to increase integration with surrounding areas and between new and existing communities; g. Industry and transport facilities, notably the Jubilee Line engineering depots and smaller local businesses will continue to be present in the southern part of the area close to Abbey Road DLR station, but with LMUA sites at Maryland Industrial Estate, Grove Crescent, Canning Road West and Bridge Road Depot and additional micro-opportunities between Stratford and Maryland, moving towards lighter, cultural, creative and service uses more compatible with residential and other contexts, including the presence and adjacency of the Abbey Gardens and West Ham Pumping Station heritage assets; h. Public transport access will be further enhanced, with significant improvements to interchange capacity in and around Stratford and West Ham Stations, step-free access improvements at Plaistow Station, and the development of new and improved services along the associated rail, tube, DLR and bus corridors; i. The provision, quality and access to open space will be improved, including extending green grid links to the Greenway, the Lea River Park and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and improving access to the Abbey Creek, and waterways, and other measures to improve the activation of parks and open spaces; j. New schools, further and higher education provision and healthcare together with flexible community spaces will develop at accessible sites in or well-related to centres and Key Movement Corridors, notably the Romford Road; k. Local energy generation and district heating will be typical throughout the area with major developments being required to enable linkage to networks; and l. In order to deliver the above vision-based spatial strategy, the following Strategic Sites, as shown on the Policies Map, are allocated for development as set out in Appendix 1: S05 Stratford Central S10 Abbey Mills S29 Plaistow North

Royal Docks

1. Strategic Principles: a. The Royal Docks will become a unique and high quality waterfront mixed use urban quarter, realising the value of its many locational advantages and limited, plan-led, carefully Managed Release of employment land in combination with co-location, intensification and sensitive infill, and innovative responses to flood risk; b. Delivery of at least 8404 new additional homes and significant numbers of the borough's targeted jobs growth will add to existing employment and communities and create new neighbourhoods. The majority of these will come forward on 7 Strategic Sites, acting together with those in neighbouring areas, with non-strategic infill and activation opportunities identified at scattered locations within the wider area; and c. The Royal Docks will continue to perform a growing economic role in the production, conference, tourism and leisure, and increasingly higher education, social enterprise and green industry sectors, and incubation across a range of sectors including digital and creative, focused on the Enterprise Zone, which will be a world class business centre and an international forum for the exchange of knowledge and ideas. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Today's fragmented residential development will become consolidated into distinct but interconnected neighbourhoods, and benefiting from a network of new and enhanced green and open spaces and continuous waterfront access, and good access to stations, buses (including riverbuses), and an enhanced walking and cycling network. New neighbourhoods, at West Silvertown, Silvertown, North Woolwich, Royal Victoria Dock and Albert Basin, will each offer a range of quality community and social infrastructure including new schools, health care facilities, community meeting places and local retail and services, with further connections to facilities on the ExCeL estate and at Custom House/Freemasons local centre, and Canning Town, East Beckton, Beckton Riverside and Woolwich town centre; b. New street-based local centres will be developed at Thames Wharf and West Silvertown focused around North Woolwich Road and the DLR stations, and North Woolwich Local Centre will be enhanced in terms of the quality and diversity of offer (including public realm) and nearby well connected complementary uses, with all centres benefiting from pedestrian and cycle links to neighbouring residential areas; c. The sections of North Woolwich Road between Tidal Basin roundabout and North Woolwich Roundabout, and longer term, Albert Road between North Woolwich and Albert Island, will be reconfigured to provide high quality, active pedestrian environments at a human scale, and increased cycle and public transport network accessibility, in line with Policies SP7, INF2 and having regard to Policies INF6 and INF7; d. Industrial areas will re-vitalise in consolidated form at Thameside East and West, in the Albert Island (benefiting from Enterprise Zone status) and St Marks LILs, anchored by successful businesses committed to the area, and new wharf and boatyard facilities, and buffered by modern industrial, flexible business and warehouse buildings that are configured to provide the necessary transition to neighbouring residential environments, achieving waterside access, separation of industrial and residential traffic and making use of river based transport, where possible, and market sensitive diversification of the accommodation offer, which will be further complemented by mixed use cultural and creative hubs around North Woolwich Station and in the Silvertown Arches LMUA; e. Consolidation of four safeguarded wharves in the Royal Docks (Thames, Peruvian, Manhattan, and Sunshine) at Central Thameside West on Peruvian and Royal Primrose Wharves will achieve no net loss of functionality or wharf capacity with additional development conforming with the associated SIL designation and complementing the wharves, including through maintaining access to them; f. A package of river crossings, accessible bridges over the docks to the ExCel Centre and over the rail corridor between London City airport and Connaught Riverside, new riverboat services, improvements to the DLR and bus services (which will have evolved to address [new] desired patterns of movement) and access to Crossrail services will provide strategic and local access for residents and visitors; g. London City Airport will continue to perform an important role in the area's international business and visitor connectivity and as the focus to an employment hub with measures implemented to support the optimisation of existing capacity and further mitigation of its environmental impacts, including improvements to public transport; h. The area's key character assets, namely the open water and remaining historic buildings and structures of the docks, river/dockside views and access, and Victorian heritage of North Woolwich around the station, Woolwich Manor Way Area of Townscape Value, Lyle Park and Royal Victoria Gardens, will be re-valued and enhanced, whilst achieving appropriate mitigation of flood risk, ensuring that they form an integral part of the area's future, with building heights decreasing with distance from Canning Town towards the east

Canning Town and Custom House

Proposals which address, and where appropriate accord with the following overarching strategic principles and vision-based spatial strategy will be supported: 1. Strategic Criteria: a. Achieve an enhanced, integrated, mixed and balanced neighbourhood including new waterside quarters, an expanded successful town centre at its heart and secondary focuses and intensification at Thames Wharf, West Ham and Custom House/Freemasons Local Centres, together with strengthened employment areas; b. The area's regionally-significant economic role will be reinforced through further development of the existing warehousing, engineering and green industry, and visitor economy, business and conference clusters with good access to the Strategic Road Network, complemented by town centre growth and change towards Major Centre status, and bolstered by the new Crossrail station; and c. Major new housing (at least 15,608 additional units), jobs growth and infrastructure provision will be delivered through a comprehensive programme of regeneration and renewal and managed release of SIL and associated wharf consolidation primarily on 12 Strategic Sites (acting in concert with those in adjoining neighbouring areas and well integrated with their surroundings), with non-strategic opportunities including through managed transition, activation and sensitive infill also being identifiable at locations within the wider area. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Canning Town town centre will be revitalised, intensified and expanded, growing in status – marked by some of the tallest buildings in the borough – as well as physical extent, benefiting from high quality public realm, a renewed market space, a better quality and mix of shops and other uses including leisure and workspace that improve activation, trade draw and dwell time, and improved east-west links to the station interchange and to adjacent residential neighbourhoods, functioning as an employment hub and broader focus for activity and facilities both during the day and into the evening. Variety and distinctiveness will be fostered by the range of uses in the centre; a mix of unit types and scale; and effective integration with the existing high street part of the town centre, surrounding neighbourhoods and heritage assets, including development of attractive gateway sites with complementary uses and settings and a careful distribution and composition of tall buildings that protect views and make appropriate transitions; b. Custom House will become the primary gateway to south Newham and the Royal Docks with the opening of Crossrail. Custom House station will become the centre of an effective transport interchange that connects with Freemasons Local centre and through to the ExCeL Centre, London City Airport and beyond, supporting a renewal and expansion of the centre, welcoming both local residents and visitors to ExCeL and other dockside destinations. As the main north-south connection, Freemasons Road will become a place where people choose to walk, cycle and use public transport as well as stop and rest. Development will be intensified in the vicinity of Custom House and Royal Victoria stations, making best use of land including undergrounding of pylons should opportunities arise, whilst not contravening sustainable community and design quality objectives, achieving coherence and integration with other development in the area; c. New local centres and community uses focused around West Ham and Thames Wharf stations will become resource hubs for new neighbourhoods and surrounding areas, marked by new tall buildings and well-used by new and existing residents, local workers and others passing through the area, with visitors drawn into the sites, towards the rivers by attractive parkland routes and onward connections; d. Elsewhere, Abbey Arms will be a key Local Centre and resource hub, with further local shopping protected at Cundy Road, Fife Road and Western Gateway; e. Two new streets will be created across the area: one residential in character, one more activity-based and including green infrastructure. These will provide important connections between the town centre, surrounding neighbourhoods, important and improving community facilities and open space, and the other key node of Freemasons/ Custom House; f. Links will also be improved with surrounding areas including to the district centres at Bromley-by-Bow and East Beckton, to stations, the town centre from the south, the Lea River Park and Greenway, the Docks, ExCel/Royal Victoria and Royal Albert employment hubs, and the Thames, with new accessible bridges put in place and re-opened over rivers and other barriers, amongst others, along the Leaway (see Canning Town and Custom House Inset map) facilitated by the release of Mayer Parry and Priors Wharves, at Customhouse, over the dock to Silvertown Quays, as well as through general increased pedestrian and cycling permeability and comfort (notably along North Woolwich Road), interchange improvements, and bus routes that have evolved to address [new] desired patterns of movement; g. Cody Road together with Prologis Industrial Estate will continue to be an important employment location, focused particularly on heavier industry, (include waste processing and engineering) warehousing and distribution, with Strategic Sites at Canning Town Riverside and Parcelforce, and the LMUA at Bidder Street managing the transition to residential to the north and south; Managed Release of SIL and the associated Safeguarded Wharf at Thames Wharf will occur in the context of wider industrial opportunities in the Royal Docks, allowing for re-location and re-provision/consolidation off site; h. The dockside mixed use leisure, convention, recreation and business district focused around the ExCeL Centre, Crystal Building and Cable Car, will be a further employment hub, with a focus on consolidation and integration within the area, addressing deficiencies such as lack of green space, poor pedestrian environment along Seagull Lane, the cumulative impact of tall buildings, and the barrier effect of the Crossrail line and of long linear development, developing new links with the complementary evolving employment hub at Royal Albert; i. LMUAs at Bidder Street, Silvertown Arches, Esk Road and Beeby Road and additional micro-opportunities to the east of Canning Town Centre, will complement and further diversify the employment offer moving towards lighter, cultural, creative and service uses more compatible with residential and other contexts; smaller scale industrial opportunities will also be available at Butchers Road LIL; j. Outside of the Strategic Sites – which will see comprehensive development replacing underused employment land and lower quality or poorly laid out housing and commercial uses with a wider variety of sizes and tenures in a series of high quality, well-connected, safe and sustainable neighbourhoods which have easy access to employment and new and enhanced community facilities – residential hinterlands will undergo more gradual renewal brought about by the cumulative impact of small scale changes and character-sensitive infill including public realm and smaller scale infrastructure improvements, particularly focused on the Key Corridors of Barking Road, North Woolwich Road, Victoria Dock Road, Silvertown Way, Manor Road, Freemasons Road /New Barn Street/Butchers Road/Munday Road, Hermit Road/Grange Road/Upper Road, and Balaam Street; k. New and improved open space connecting with the green grid and integrating and re-valuing heritage assets will be provided amidst large scale residential development and through the ongoing evolution of the Lea River Park linking the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to the Royal Docks and Thames and across to communities in Tower Hamlets, with continuous linear greenspace broadening out at Cody Dock and Royal Victoria West and into parks at Bow Creek Ecology park (which will be enhanced), and on the Limmo Peninsula and at the Bromley by Bow gasholders (which will be made publicly accessible and will make substantial contributions to district and local park deficits in the wider area); l. Local energy generation and district heating will be extended in the area with Major developments being required to enable linkage to networks; and m. In order to deliver the above vision-based spatial strategy, the following Strategic Sites sites, as shown on the Policies Map, are allocated for development as set out in Appendix 1: S08 Thames Wharf, S11 Parcelforce, S13 Manor Road, S14 Canning Town Central, S15 Canning Town East, S16 Silvertown Way East, S17 Silvertown Way West, S18 Limmo, S28 Custom House/ Freemasons, S30 Royal Victoria West, S12 Canning Town Riverside, S06 Coolfin North

Beckton

Proposals which address and where appropriate accord with the following overarching strategic principles and vision-based spatial strategy will be supported: 1. Strategic Criteria: a. Deliver a new well-integrated new piece of city whilst accommodating significant transport depot and waste and utilities infrastructure needs, a new internationally oriented hi-tech, knowledge-intensive business district benefiting from Enterprise Zone status, and renewal and improvements to the existing residential and industrial areas, focusing on their strengths as a green, family-oriented neighbourhood and a regionally significant centre for green industry, engineering, warehousing and logistics; and b. Major new housing (at least 5278 units) and infrastructure provision and significant numbers of the borough's targeted jobs growth will be delivered primarily on 4 Strategic Sites (through partial Managed Release of SIL) acting in concert with those in adjoining neighbouring areas and well integrated with their surroundings, with non-strategic opportunities, including through Managed Intensification, and sensitive infill also being identifiable at locations within the wider area. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Beckton Riverside will provide a new hallmark mixed use area, building on the strengths of the riverside location, good Strategic Road Network access, [further] scope to extend MOL, continuous riverside access and optimal pedestrian and cycling permeability, and the established retailer commitment to the location, as well as extensive infrastructure investment yielding new connections including river crossings and station(s) and accessible community facilities commensurate with the scale of development. Gallions Reach Shopping Park will co-evolve and intensify to become a Major town centre for the

Urban Newham

Proposals that address the following over-arching strategic criteria and spatial strategy will be supported: 1. Strategic Criteria: a. Achieve a stable, cohesive Web of Opportunity through place curation and improved housing and infrastructure investment, diversification of local employment opportunities, revived town centres and new cultural offers: a place of many places, including gateways, centres, hubs and connections, and large and small breathing spaces; b. The economic role of the area will be based on its town and local centres, as well as local entrepreneurship, with LMUAs and MBOAs offering a wide choice of workspace options, particularly for the growing cultural and creative sector; c. New housing (at least 7856 new units) and accompanying jobs growth and infrastructure provision will be delivered across the area, partly on Strategic Sites well integrated with their surrounding communities and acting in concert with those in adjoining areas, but increasingly through non-strategic opportunities, including through Managed Transition and sensitive infill close to centres and key corridors; d. Population will be stabilised, with a greater focus on improving housing quality, protecting and increasing family housing, and restricting Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and flat conversions, encouraging de-conversion of family-sized Victorian and Edwardian homes that have been subdivided in the past; e. People's experience of moving through the area, particularly North-South will be enhanced through improvements to connectivity, and concerted efforts to upgrade the design and environment of key corridors in line with Policy SP7, further supported by and supporting a shift to more sustainable travel patterns; f. Employment will be increased through improvements to town centre vitality and viability, with a focus on accommodating new innovative forms of mixed use development where appropriate, and continuing support for local employment as part of existing successful mixed use areas in line with Policies J1 and SP3; g. Infrastructure will be better aligned with community needs in line with Policy INF8, particularly addressing existing deficiencies and capacity issues in relation to schools, health centres and open space, with innovative responses to limited resources and sites; and h. Innovation will be called upon to develop new and viable uses for key heritage assets which will be re-integrated with their surroundings and neighbourhoods. 2. Spatial Strategy: a. Forest Gate i. Forest Gate town centre will become an attractive and vibrant centre, retaining its urban village feel founded on established independent shops, arts and cultural activity and revitalised heritage assets. Further cafes and restaurants, community facilities, and retail variety, including a small to medium-sized foodstore, will add to the mix and quality of offer. Alongside commercial uses, new town centre housing will extend safer, more convivial activity into the evening. The town centre environment and new development will complement, integrate with and reinforce its attractive heritage identity and popularity of local neighbourhoods, and facilitate a better north-south integration of the centre across Romford Road, building on the opportunity presented by Crossrail and identified development sites; and ii. Elsewhere in Forest Gate, town centre and Crossrail regeneration benefits will be spread into local neighbourhoods, with new development driving an upgrade to the public realm, and better management of traffic and congestion, particularly to transform the environment of key movement corridors of Romford Road and Woodgrange Road/Upton Lane; conservation and enhancement of its heritage assets including Victorian and Edwardian housing; and the provision of new open space. Accessibility to local employment will be further improved through intensification and small scale change at the town centre fringes and nearby mews and railway arches in areas identified as MBOAs, LMUAs and LILs. Most change, with the capacity for innovation, is likely to be focused on sites near the station, within tired post-war estates, and on parts of major routes, particularly Romford Road. Development within the setting of West Ham Park and Wanstead Flats will complement and enhance views from these spaces, and promote access to them. b. Manor Park i. Manor Park will see most change around the new Crossrail station which will gradually redefine and reinvigorate Manor Park local centre, creating a more significant focus to the area for the local community; and ii. Associated regeneration benefits and smaller windfall sites will contribute to improvements in the public realm, including open space provision and conservation and enhancement of heritage assets, both along key movement corridors of Forest Drive/Station Road/High Street North, Romford Road, and Plashet Grove/East Avenue/Browning Road/Church Road/Little Ilford Lane where they can contribute to legibility, and within residential areas where they can contribute to the desirability of the area to live in. Accessibility to local employment will be further improved through new development in MBOAs, LMUAs and LILs identified along Romford Road and High Street North, and improved access to opportunities in Ilford and Barking. Most change and innovation will be focused along key routes where character and enclosure has been eroded. Development in the vicinity of Manor Park's cemeteries and Wanstead Flats will complement and enhance these spaces, promoting access to them. c. East Ham i. East Ham town centre will continue to be important within the borough as a whole, with recognised heritage assets, employment, civic and community spaces, good accessibility by bus, foot and tube, and vibrancy and popularity added by its independent shops as well as a range of multiples. Through new development, particularly in the southern part of the centre, as well as renewal of existing floorspace, the centre will provide a better quality and mix of offer during the day and into the evening within an improved public realm that better manages pedestrian flows, has attractive gateways and revitalised and enhanced heritage assets. Complementary high density residential development will make use of the public transport accessibility, which will be enhanced with step-free station access. The town centre will be less linear, with primary activity spreading out towards its wider boundaries including an enhanced street environment at Ron Leighton Way, and clearer delineation of its boundaries; and ii. Elsewhere in East Ham, most change will be focused on windfall sites along main roads, particularly Barking Road and High Street North and South, contributing to their improvement as movement corridors. There will be more general emphasis on conservation and enhancement of the residential environment and valued open space, attending to open space deficiencies in the centre of the area through green grid connections to existing spaces and opening up and activating Metropolitan Open Land in the east. Development within the setting of the Greenway will complement and enhance views from, and promote access to it. Local employment will be further improved through new development at and improved access to the LILs in Jenkins Lane and Folkestone Road and MBOAs near the town centre, as well as employment areas in neighbouring Barking and Ilford. d. Green Street i. Green Street town centre will maintain its specialist ethnic retail identity with a local to international draw, popular market place and independent shops and quality evening offer that continues to evolve. This will demand innovation in design and formats, a consistently high quality environment and the development of complementary employment to help reinforce its distinctive character, with a mix of quality shops and services that meets both local and specialist needs. Queen's Market will continue to be an important meeting place for the local community as at present, reinforced through co-location of other community uses, and with development densities commensurate with its public transport accessibility that will be enhanced through step-free access to the station; and ii. Elsewhere in Green Street, most change with scope for innovation will be focused along the key movement corridors of Barking Road, Plashet Road/Plashet Grove, Katherine Road, Green Street/Central Park Road and Romford Road, and in tired post-war estates, with a more general emphasis on the enhancement of the residential environment and valued open space.

Town Centre Hierarchy and Network

Proposals which address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles a. The expectation that proposals will contribute to the re-definition and management of Newham's interrelated town centre hierarchy and network as defined on map INF5 (Figure 6.3 below), securing accessible shopping, services and employment in focused, successful centres across the Borough, reducing trade leakage; and b. That regard should be had to the importance of capacity projections modelled on a borough-wide basis, with reference to the latest Newham Town Centre and Retail Study and updated monitoring of commitments, and potential trade and spatial impacts within the centre and on other proximate centres. 2. Spatial Strategy a. The need for Stratford town centre, within the boundaries defined on the Policies Map, to maintain its role and function as a Metropolitan Centre and progress towards an International Centre role, ensuring it continues to meet a wide range of local, borough-wide and sub-regional needs in the scale, diversity, accessibility, and integration of its offer; b. The aspiration for Canning Town town centre, (currently a District Centre) within the boundaries defined on the Policies Map, to move up the hierarchy through transformational change to the scale, layout, accessibility and nature of its offer whilst continuing to meet local needs, integrating the new and existing parts of the centre; c. The need for East Ham town centre, within the boundaries defined on the Policies Map, to maintain its role and function as a Major Centre ensuring it continues to meet a wide range of borough-wide and local needs through improvements to accessibility, growth and renewal of floorspace, particularly aimed at consolidating its strong convenience role, whilst improving its comparison, quality leisure and community offer and retaining its independent retailers; d. The need for Green Street town centre, within the boundaries defined on the Policies Map, to maintain and develop its role and function both as a District Centre and a specialist ethnic centre, through improvements to accessibility and the growth and renewal of floorspace, creating a wider range of unit sizes and aiming to expand its comparison, community and quality leisure offer and retain its independent retailers; e. The need for Forest Gate town centre, within the boundaries defined on the Policies Map, to maintain and develop its District Centre role and function through the growth and renewal of floorspace to better meet a wide range of local community needs, targeting a medium-sized food store and comparison retailers but retaining its independent offer, and improving north-south integration over the Romford Road; f. The need for East Beckton town centre, within the boundaries defined on the Policies Map, to consolidate its convenience and local service District Centre role through renewal of floorspace and improved diversity of offer, whilst enhancing its links with local neighbourhoods; g. The need to maintain existing Local Centres as listed below and designated on the Policies Map, promoting the co-location of other essential community uses within or adjacent to them in line with INF8, recognising the particular regeneration and enhancement opportunities at North Woolwich, Manor Park and Freemasons Road (Custom House); h. The need and opportunity to create new Local Centres reflecting accessible locations with high footfall, large scale development sites and gaps in the network at West Ham station [1], Plaistow station [2], Thames Wharf [3], West Silvertown / Silvertown [4/5], and Albert Basin (Gallions Reach DLR) [6], with further sites to be identified in Beckton Riverside at accessible locations with high footfall that do not have reasonable pedestrian access (400-800m, taking into account route quality) to existing or proposed centres serving similar needs; [numbers refer to figure 6.3] i. The need to retain, and exceptionally create isolated shops together with small groups of shops which contribute to 400m accessibility benchmarks, but which are not in areas suitable for local centre scale growth, for retail use only, designating them as Local Shopping Parades – as set out in Table 13 below and on the Policies Map - and Protected Isolated Shops; j. The need for Gallions Reach Shopping Park to become a Major Centre serving the eastern edge of Newham and wider growth area, through re-configuration of its floorspace as part of a wider masterplan for the area to incorporate a more rounded offer and vertical mixed use, with improved local connections and public transport links; k. Town centre uses will be directed to the designated Town and Local Centres first as appropriate to their scale; and l. The consolidation of existing commercial and community uses into defined centres of an appropriate scale will be encouraged, unless otherwise protected. 3. Design, Management and Technical criteria: a. The requirement for impact assessments on any out of centre retail or other town centre uses over 300 sq. m net (sales floorspace) considering quantitative and qualitative issues, including spatial impacts; and b. The requirement for new publicly-accessible toilets to be provided for in new strategic development which incorporates local or town centres and that these should be managed as part of the public realm or broader community facilities open to all.

East Ham Town Centre

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Successful Town and Local Centres

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and management criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles a. Town and Local Centres should be vibrant, vital and valued as components of local neighbourhoods and the Borough as a whole, being successful in social and economic terms; and b. Town and Local Centres should act as community foci, showcases, employment hubs and as destinations through their particular character, offer and connectivity to their hinterlands. 2. Spatial Strategy a. Ensuring routes to and from local areas and local transport nodes and across the centre are convenient, attractive and feel safe, creating them or enhancing them where necessary; b. The importance of a high quality, accessible public realm and a series of features and public spaces that complement the centre's commercial offer; c. Diversifying uses, encouraging the location of services and flexible community spaces, 'meanwhile' uses, quality night-time economy, visitor and cultural attractions and facilities, and the creation of residential dwellings in such centres as appropriate to their size and function, to add to their activity levels; d. Maintaining a robust retail core whilst ensuring a variety of unit sizes, and in larger centres, markets to provide choice and meet local needs; e. Preventing non-retail uses (particularly hot food takeaways) from clustering excessively or reaching disproportionate levels within the centre and at or adjacent to (outside the boundaries) its gateways; and f. Managing the centres as part of a clearly defined network and hierarchy (in line with Policy INF5), encouraging consolidation of commercial uses within their boundaries, and responding to the visions for individual centres as set out in Spatial Policies S1-6. 3. Design and Management Criteria a. Ensuring new developments are designed to respond to strengths and weaknesses of local character and are scaled and otherwise designed to achieve integration and coherence with the better aspects of the centre contributing to

Strategic Transport

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles and Spatial Strategy: a. Major physical barriers to movement will be overcome without having an unacceptable impact on residents, development/regeneration potential or existing service users; and b. Secure investment in, and the ongoing safe and viable operation of strategic transport networks that will lever investment and regeneration into Newham and help achieve modal shift to sustainable transport, further integrating the Borough with the rest of London; This includes but is not limited to the following interventions that benefit connectivity, accessibility, efficiency and/or journey time reliability: Rail i. Elizabeth Line service including stations at Stratford, Maryland, Forest Gate, Manor Park and Custom House (T1), plus enhancements to meet growth demands and potential for Crossrail 2 Eastern Branch; ii. International trains calling at Stratford International station and depending on capacity, linkages from Stratford (T2) to the possible Crossrail 2; iii. Increased capacity and service enhancements on main line railway services serving the Borough, notably between the Upper Lee Valley and Stratford (T3); iv. Increased capacity and extensions to the network on the orbital rail system (London Overground) (T4); v. Station capacity enhancement notably at Stratford and West Ham, and step-free access at all stations in the Borough – particularly East Ham, Plaistow and Upton Park (T5); vi. Enhancements to the DLR network and further extensions including to Barking and Thamesmead, new stations at Beckton Riverside and Thames Wharf (T6) and an expanded depot at Beckton Riverside; vii. Measures to improve local usage of the cable car as a transport link (T7); Bus viii. Enhanced bus links from the Royal Docks across the River Roding and East London Transit from Beckton to Barking Riverside (T8); ix. Other Strategic Bus Network enhancements including interchange and new service infrastructure particularly along Key Corridors and to Strategic Sites, improved north-south connectivity, and measures to protect journey time reliability (T9); Cycle and pedestrian x. Extensions and upgrading of the Strategic Cycle Network and other key cycling routes including Cycle Superhighways and Quietways, notably support for enhanced access to and increased use of the Greenway (T10) and an enhanced walking and cycling network in the Royal Docks, including North Woolwich Road and to and along the river and dock edges; xi. High quality modal interchange facilities for cyclists, including cycle hire facilities, notably in the Royal Docks, Stratford, Forest Gate and Manor Park; xii. Extensions to the strategic footpath walking network including the Leaway and Roding Valley walkways and associated inter-borough/cross river connections (T11); Road/bridges/tunnels xiii. Re-modelling of the Stratford Gyratory and other Key Corridor improvements, including public realm enhancements, particularly in the Royal Docks along North Woolwich Road from Tidal Basin to North Woolwich Roundabout, and longer term, Woolwich Manor Way from North Woolwich to Albert Island (T12); xiv. River crossings (as safeguarded or revised), delivered as part of a package (T13) to improve accessibility, connectivity and resilience of sub-regional transport networks; Navigation xv. Re-activation, relocation, and/or consolidation of Thameside West safeguarded wharves, notably at Peruvian Wharf (T14a) and Royal Primrose Wharf (T14b), subject to Policy J2; xvi. A strategic boatyard at Albert Island supporting passenger movement on the Blue Ribbon Network (T15); xvii. Other proposals to encourage the improvement and use of Newham's navigable waterway network including freight transfer facilities, locks and winding holes, passenger and leisure transport facilities, piers and moorings in appropriate locations (T16); Air xviii. Measures to support the optimisation of airport capacity, including access (potentially via a new Elizabeth Line station) and other freight and passenger services

Sustainable Transport

Proposals that address the following strategic principles and spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported: 1. Strategic Principles and Spatial Strategy a. Securing a more sustainable pattern of movement in Newham, maximising the efficiency and accessibility of the borough's transport network on foot, cycle and public transport, maximising positive health impacts, and enabling development through: i. Raising and maintaining the safety, quality, appearance and functioning, as spaces for social activity and movement, of the public realm which comprises new and existing streets and other public spaces including squares, parks and riverside pathways, securing improvements to Key Corridors as per SP7, notably the key schemes highlighted in INF1:1bxiii; ii. Continuing to address linear and other physical barriers including rivers, railways and major roads with accessible linkages, and, where applicable, providing connecting public routes through and within new development and to public transport nodes, existing neighbourhoods and facilities, and to linear routes along rivers and docks or connecting green spaces notably through the bridge and connections planned as part of the Lea River Park, the Canning Town Activity and Residential Streets, a crossing of the railway between Connaught Riverside and London City Airport DLR station, and a crossing of the docks from ExCeL to Barrier Park via Silvertown Quays; iii. Reviewing, completing, adding, maintaining and improving defined routes for walking, horse riding and cycling including the Capital Ring, and others specified in INF1 and the IDP; iv. Providing safe, secure and high quality measures to encourage and facilitate cycling as an increasingly popular mode of transport, including, as appropriate, the provision of high quality, continuous dedicated infrastructure, general public realm interventions that benefit cyclists and public cycle parking, both on street and in secure, covered facilities; v. Supporting improvements to local public transport services by continuing to invest in infrastructure and network enhancements, including; those specified in INF1 and the IDP, more accessible bus stops, environmental performance, communication and service enhancements and ensuring that negative impacts on transport capacity including stations are fully addressed; vi. Maintaining careful management of the supply of routes and transport network capacity and parking for motor traffic in order to reduce or minimise congestion and the dominance and environmental impacts of motor-vehicular traffic in the public realm and to make space for other modes, having regard to the need to alleviate and not add to cumulative congestion issues as particularly highlighted in Congestion Zones in policy SP9, and to avoid off-site individual and in-combination effects on air/water quality in the vicinity of the Epping Forest SAC; vii. Ensuring that Major development proposals that generate or attract large numbers of trips, including higher density residential and commercial development, are located in areas with good public transport accessibility or planned improvements to this level, and demonstrate the existence of, or propose new safe, attractive walking and cycling routes to public transport nodes; and viii. Particularly promoting sustainable travel in defined STOAs, through proportionate proposals including car-free development. 2. Design and technical criteria a. In planning public transport and active travel routes across and between Strategic Sites and between new and existing communities; • 800m is the maximum distance people should have to travel to bus stops; • 200m and 400m respectively are defined as the optimal route frequencies for pedestrian and cyclists in the Arc of Opportunity to be secured where practicable at least between North Woolwich Road and the River Thames and preferably more generally b. All Major developments (including mixed-use) or proposals meeting the thresholds set out in Table 12 below will be required to produce a Transport Assessment; c. Travel Plans which show the likely impacts of trip generation, and which include acceptable, robust, monitored, proposals to counter or minimise the potential impacts identified to include 'Smarter Travel' strategies and plans; and proposed measures to facilitate and encourage more widespread walking, cycling and public transport use will be required in accordance with the following indicative thresholds: i. All Major applications; ii. Any development in or adjacent to a Congestion Zone (SP9) and Sustainable Travel Opportunity Area (STOA); and iii. All D1 uses (including extensions); d. An appropriate level of car parking and charging points and bays for electric vehicles and car clubs should be provided taking into account a combination of London Plan standards, Public Transport Accessibility Levels (PTAL), local car ownership/car sharing opportunities and local context including the availability of existing public parking (parking stress) in line with SP8; and e. High quality cycle facilities should be provided in line with the standards set out in the London Plan, and local context, as well as opportunities to promote cycle sharing to support sustainable travel to and from the site, including where appropriate associated facilities and for washing and changing facilities.

Quality Movement Corridors and Linear Gateways

1. Strategic Principles a. The desirability of reclaiming the streets for people through introducing active frontage to their edges that stimulates social activity and interaction along them; b. The importance of consolidating ribbon developments of commercial and community uses into defined Local and Town Centres and Local Shopping Parades, in line with Policies INF5, INF8 and SP6; c. The following are designated Key Movement Corridors and Linear Gateways (see Figure 3.4 below): i. Barking Road (A124); ii. Romford Road (A118); iii. Forest Drive / Station Road / High Street North and South / Ron Leighton Way / Woolwich Manor Way; iv. Manor Way / Albert Road / Pier Road (A117); iv. Clegg Street / Pelly Road / Stopford Road / Upton Lane / Woodgrange Road / Woodford Road (A114); v. Leytonstone Road / The Grove; vi. Leyton Road / Angel Lane (A112); vii. Stratford Gyratory (Great Eastern Road, Broadway and that part of Stratford High Street not within LLDC) (A11); viii. West Ham Lane / Broadway / Plaistow Road / Plaistow High Street / Greengate Street / Prince Regent Lane / Victoria Dock Road (A112); ix. Manor Road (A1011); x. Bridge Road; xi. Densham Road / Portway / Plashet Road / Plashet Grove / East Avenue / Browning Road / Church Road / Little Ilford Lane (B165); xii. Vicarage Lane (B164); xiii. Green Street (B167); xiv. Katherine Road (B109); xv. Balaam Street; xvi. Hermit Road / Grange Road / Upper Road; xvii. Victoria Dock Road; xviii. Silvertown Way and Silvertown Viaduct / North Woolwich Road / Connaught Bridge / Royal Albert Way / Royal Docks Road (A1020); xix. Freemasons Road / New Barn Street / Butchers Road / Munday Road; xx. Stansfeld Road; xxi. Strait Road; xxii. Tollgate Road; xxiii. Connaught Road / Albert Road (A112); xxiv. Factory Road / North Woolwich Road; 2. Design and management criteria a. The general principles of good urban design expressed in Policies SP1 and SP3 and SP5, ensuring they are extended to edge treatments to positively contribute to the street scene and way-finding; b. The particular need in these environments to enclose the street and reduce the noise and air pollution impacts of passing traffic, without creating a 'tunnel' effect, maintaining the building line excepting overriding good design or highways considerations; c. The need to significantly raise and easily maintain the quality of the public realm, with particular attention to de-cluttering, inclusive access, continuity of footways and materials, the value of tree planting to improve amenity and the desirability of introducing public art at appropriate locations; and d. The importance of facilitating the smooth and efficient but safe movement of traffic in the context of an overall shift to sustainable transport in line with policy INF2.