Policy information sourced from Enfield’s North Circular Area Action Plan

NC Policy 14 Western Gateway (Sites Number 2, 3 and 4)

Redevelopment of the retail warehousing and gasholder site provides a major opportunity to deliver a landmark development at this key gateway to the Borough. Taking full account of the guidance contained within the New Southgate Masterplan, new development should take account of the following:

  • Great emphasis must be placed on delivering a scheme of the highest architectural quality on this most prominent site.
  • The mixed use development of the site should deliver housing, commercial space, community facilities, leisure and retail development, subject to the provisions of the sequential test.
  • The gasholder site presents the opportunity for a taller building of up to 10 storeys. The Station Road frontage should also present a strong urban edge with building rising to 6 storeys. Within the main port of the site development should be more modest in scale with heights typically being approximately 2-4 storeys.
  • Station Road should be enhanced to ensure it presents an environment less dominated by the car and more conducive to a high quality living environment.
  • There is an opportunity to deliver o new neighbourhood square which would create a new focal point for the development. Links to other improved public open space will be created and enhanced.
  • The site has the capacity to deliver between 200-360 new dwellings of a mixed tenure and size.
  • Best located adjacent to the railway embankment, there is potential for approximately 3,500sqm of new commercial floorspace.
  • The masterplan also accounts for approximately 500sqm of flexible space which would be occupied by small local shops to serve this new community.

The key gateway location has a important role in establishing the first impressions of the Borough. There is an opportunity to create a high quality, high density, mixed use scheme which responds positively to the site’s prominent location. The site is currently divorced from its surrounds by the heavily engineered nature of Station Road. By giving more priority to pedestrians and reconnecting the area with Arnos Green via Palmer’s Road, the mixed use redevelopment of this large site has the potential to deliver a new and fully integrated neighbourhood for New Southgate.

For more information please see the North Circular Area Action Plan