Car Park Adjacent To Arnos Grove Station, Bowes Road, Southgate, N11 1AN

erection of 4No buildings between one to seven storeys above ground level, with some elements at lower ground floor level, comprising 162 residential units (Class C3) and flexible use ground floor units (Class A1/A3/A4) together with areas of public realm, hard and soft landscaping, access and servicing arrangements, plant and associated works

Authority: London Borough of Enfield
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Prentis D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposal on accessibility, highways and parking conditions in the area
the effect of the proposal on the historic environment
whether or not the proposal would provide an appropriate mix of housing types and tenures

What decided it

The Inspector's overall finding that the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole, because conflicts with older, less up-to-date policies were outweighed by compliance with more recent London Plan policies on transport, housing and heritage.

the low level of harm to the non-designated Arnos Park and conflicts with certain older local policies were outweighed by the enhancement of the setting of the Grade II* listed station, significant housing and affordable housing delivery, and compliance with more up-to-date London Plan policies, resulting in overall accordance with the development plan as a whole

Framework references: 11, 203

Plan policies cited: CS Policy 26, LP21 Policy T2, LP21 Policy T6, Policy DMD 45, LP21 Policy T1, NCAAP Policy 17, LP21 Policy GG2, LP21 Policy H1, LP21 Policy HC1, CS Policy 31, Policy DMD 44, LP21 Policy H11, Policy H4, Policy H5, CS Policy 3, Policy DMD 1, LP21 Policy H10, CS Policy 5, Policy DMD 3, NCAAP Policy 7, Policy DMD 43, LP21 Policy D3, LP21 Policy D9, LP21 Policy D9(B), LP21 Policy D9(C)

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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