®Planning appeal decision
The Congregational Church, Highbury Quadrant, London, N5 2TE
Planning appeal 3277196 at The Congregational Church, Highbury Quadrant, London, N5 2TE (London Borough of Islington) was allowed on 6 June 2022 by Inspector Robins M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue in this case is whether the proposal makes adequate provision for affordable housing.
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
- Postcode
- N5 2TE
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H4Policy H5CS Strategy Policy CS12GCS Policy CS12DMP Policy 4.12DMP Policy DM4.12CS Policy CS10Policy H3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in London Borough of Islington
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Allowed22 October 20266006605131 - 132 Upper Street, London, N1 1QP
- Allowed16 October 2026600593030 Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HH
- Allowed24 September 20266005904Upper Flat, 23 Ronalds Road, London, N5 1XF
- Dismissed24 September 202660055902 Highbury Grove Court, Highbury Grove, London, N5 2NG
- Notice upheld23 September 20263364241First and Second Floors, 72 Prebend Street, Islington, London, N1 8PR
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.