®Planning appeal decision
Church Hall, Grove Road, Enfield, Southgate, LONDON, N11 1LX
redevelopment of site involving demolition of vacant church hall and construction of a part 5 and part 6 storey residential building to provide 4 maisonettes and 20 apartments with associated external works
- Authority
- London Borough of Enfield
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Cross D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would make suitable provision in respect of affordable housing
What decided it
The failure to robustly justify that affordable housing could not be provided on-site, combined with the lack of transparency and certainty in the fallback mechanism, meant the proposal conflicted with local and national planning policy on affordable housing delivery, and this conflict significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of the scheme.
The benefits of housing supply, design quality and site remediation carried no more than limited weight, whereas the conflict with local and national policy on on-site affordable housing delivery carried significant weight as an adverse impact, resulting in the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighing the benefits.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy H4 of the London Plan 2021, Core Policy 3 (CP3) of the Council's Core Strategy 2010
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