®Planning appeal decision
The Congregational Church, Highbury Quadrant, LONDON, N5 2TE
redevelopment of the existing Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church to provide a new church and associated community facilities including community space and church accommodation (Use Class F1) and a new part 3-, part 5-, part 7-storey residential building comprising 39 apartments (Use Class C3), together with associated landscaping, cycle/refuse storage, substation and other associated infrastructure
- Authority
- London Borough of Islington
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Robins M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue in this case is whether the proposal makes adequate provision for affordable housing.
What decided it
The Inspector's conclusion, based on the viability evidence and the Alternative Use Value approach, that 28% affordable housing represented the maximum reasonable amount deliverable on the site.
the significant benefits of re-provided community facilities and new affordable and market housing, delivered through a viability-tested and reviewable affordable housing mechanism, meant the proposal complied with the development plan as a whole with no identified harms to outweigh those benefits
Framework references: 57
Plan policies cited: Policy H4, Policy H5, CS Strategy Policy CS12G, CS Policy CS12, DMP Policy 4.12, DMP Policy DM4.12, CS Policy CS10, Policy H3
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