Abbey Art Centre, 89 Park Road, New Barnet, Barnet, EN4 9QX

Planning appeal 3344113 at Abbey Art Centre, 89 Park Road, New Barnet, Barnet, EN4 9QX (London Borough of Barnet) was allowed on 5 December 2024 by Inspector Mageean A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the setting of the Grade II listed building, the Abbey Church of Christ the King.

demolition of 3no. existing buildings (Fleurs Row, Gillians Row and Bills Potting Shed), and the erection of 3no. replacement buildings comprising a total of 4no. self-contained residential units and 2no. artists studios

Authority: London Borough of Barnet
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Mageean A
Postcode: EN4 9QX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposal on the setting of the Grade II listed building, the Abbey Church of Christ the King
the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
whether the proposals would have a harmful effect on protected species

What decided it

The heritage benefits arising from securing the future active use of the listed building as an exhibition space outweighed the modest less than substantial harm identified to the listed building itself.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: London Plan Policy HC1London Plan Policy D1London Plan Policy G6Barnet Local Plan Core Strategy Policy CS5Barnet Local Plan Development Management Policies DM01Barnet Local Plan Development Management Policies DM06Barnet Local Plan Development Management Policies DM16
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 205Paragraph 208

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 applied

The 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.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

379 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in London Borough of Barnet

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

Notice varied and upheld29 September 20263359644
35 Hillview Gardens, London, NW4 2JJ
Allowed10 September 20266000405
41 Brent Park Road, London, NW4 3HN
Notice upheld28 August 20263361601
53 Essex Park, London, N3 1ND
Notice varied and upheld27 August 20263361348
27 Dale Grove, London, N12 8EE
Notice upheld26 August 20263376088
48 Oldberry Road, Edgware, HA8 9DB

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.