Policy information sourced from Highgate Neighbourhood Plan

KS3: Highgate Bowl

Development offers the opportunity to secure the area within the green line, on the site map, as open space. This policy refers to any development in the yards on the fringes of Highgate Bowl, between the red and green lines in Fig 18, in the area adjacent to the rear of Highgate High Street. A moderate scale residential or residential-led development retaining, where possible, existing employment use, will be supported, provided any proposal is in line with the following principles:

  1. The development contributes towards local housing need, in line with policies elsewhere in this Plan 9 (see SC1);
  2. Any proposal seeking to deliver new development within the fringe locations of the Bowl must ensure that the open character of the Bowl is maintained, assist the Bowl to become a focal point for Highgate life, and safeguard existing employment and the skills furthered by any community/educational/ horticultural or charitable scheme (currently the Harington Scheme) which operates on the site;
  3. Any development should respect the wider conservation area. It must be of a scale and height that takes into account Haringey’s 2015 Urban Characterisation Study, with especial reference to the street scene of Highgate High Street and Southwood Lane. It should not create a dominant feature which would substantially damage the views from the High Street and/or Southwood Lane;
  4. Any development must be of the highest quality, enhance the character and appearance of the Conservation Area and the Bowl, and the layout of any development must additionally respect the local built form and any identified vistas leading into and out of the Bowl;
  5. Proposals should demonstrate how they have considered, and where appropriate, will deliver, improved access to and within the Bowl both by foot and by bicycle, subject to the operational requirements of existing landowners and/or occupiers;
  6. Proposed development must maintain and enhance an educational/horticultural or alternative community/charitable use on the eastern part of the site, maintain and enhance the local SINC designation and, wherever possible, enhance the quality of the local landscape and habitats; and
  7. Any development must take account of and mitigate against any flood risk posed by local drainage issues.

For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan