Lycium Properties Ltd, 288 Southbury Road, ENFIELD, EN1 1TR

commercial business use ‘employment hub’, involving the redevelopment of the site for up to seven storeys of mixed use development – basement car parking, retail/ cafe/ offices at ground floor level, offices at first floor level and residential use above

Authority: London Borough of Enfield
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Willis S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development with regard to the local development strategy
The effect of the proposed development on the future operation of nearby business premises, with particular regard to the Strategic Industrial Location (SIL)
Whether the proposed development makes appropriate provision for affordable housing and family housing
The effect of the proposed development on flood risk
The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of Southbury House, with particular regard to sunlight and daylight
The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The proposal conflicts with the development plan taken as a whole and the Framework on multiple material grounds, with no considerations that outweigh the identified harm.

The moderate benefits of housing supply and economic benefits do not outweigh the substantial harm to the Strategic Industrial Location function, the failure to provide appropriate affordable and family housing, the unresolved flood risk, the significant harm to living conditions of adjacent residents, and the unacceptable harm to character and appearance.

Framework references: 11, 59

Plan policies cited: Policy E4 London Plan, Policy E5 London Plan, Policy E7 London Plan, Policy H4 London Plan, Policy H5 London Plan, Policy H6 London Plan, Policy H10 London Plan, Policy D13 London Plan, Policy D6 London Plan, Policy D3 London Plan, Policy D4 London Plan, Policy SI12 London Plan, Policy SI13 London Plan, Core Policy 14 Enfield Core Strategy, Core Policy 3 Enfield Core Strategy, Core Policy 5 Enfield Core Strategy, Core Policy 37 Enfield DMD, Policy 28 Enfield Core Strategy, Policy DMD19 Development Management Document, Policy DMD25 Development Management Document, Policy DMD59 Development Management Document, Policy DMD60 Development Management Document, Policy DMD61 Development Management Document, Policy DMD62 Development Management Document, Policy DMD9 Development Management Document, Policy 6.2 North East Enfield Area Action Plan

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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