®Planning appeal decision
Southgate Office Village, 286 Chase Road, Southgate, Greater London, N14 6HF
an application for full planning permission for demolition of office (B1) buildings and erection of mixed-use (C3) scheme ranging from 2 to 17 storeys with a dual use café (B1/A3), with associated access, basement car and cycle parking, landscaping, and ancillary works
- Authority
- London Borough of Enfield
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Griffiths P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on (1) the character and appearance of the area (encompassing the issue of design) and linked to that the setting and thereby the significance of a range of designated heritage assets; and (2) the living conditions of existing residents of the area
What decided it
The Inspector's conclusion that the well-designed scheme caused no harm to heritage assets or living conditions, and remained in overall accordance with the development plan despite a technical conflict with the 'locations' element of Policy D9.
the limited harm of bypassing the plan-led process for identifying tall building locations was outweighed by the enormous benefits of open-market and affordable housing delivery in a well-designed scheme
Framework references: 119, 11, 56, 57
Plan policies cited: CS Core Policy 4, CS Core Policy 5, CS Core Policy 30, DMD Policy DMD 6, DMD Policy DMD 8, DMD Policy DMD 10, DMD Policy DMD 37, DMD Policy DMD 38, DMD Policy DMD 43, London Plan Policy GG2, London Plan Policy D3, London Plan Policy D4, London Plan Policy D9
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.