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

NC Policy 24 Bowes Road Sites (Site 13 - Powys Lane to Broomfield Road)

This large site will deliver a range of housing types and present a strong built edge to Bowes Road taking advantage of existing access points into the site. Key principles relevant to the redevelopment of these sites include:

  • Provision of high quality new housing which delivers a range of housing types.
  • New housing should directly address and be accessed from Bowes Road with windows and doors facing the street and providing activity.
  • Development should take particular care to ensure the amenities of residents in surrounding streets are not adversely affected.
  • The principal vehicular access point is from Powys Lane with access also being provided via Broomfield Road.
  • The mature trees on the site provide the opportunity to provide high quality shared open amenity space for the enjoyment of new and existing residents.
  • Development should improve access to the local network of green spaces. In particular, there is also the opportunity to deliver improvements to the nearby small open space at the northern end of Russell Road.
  • New development addressing Bowes Road should be 4 storeys with dwellings within the site reducing to three storeys.

This large site has the capacity for the delivery of approximately 130 additional dwellings.

This is a major site with the potential to deliver a significant proportion of the new residential development envisaged for the area The site is deeper than many other sites given the alignment in the A406 and this enables new development to turn into the site whilst maintaining an acceptable relationship the properties along Westminster Drive whose gardens back on to the site. A new pedestrian at-grade crossing has been provided as part of the TfL improvements to the road corridor and this should improve the chance of new residents being able to support the short parade of local businesses on the opposite side of the A406.

The existing mature trees on the site are a particular asset and where possible these should be retained. The New River is nearby and to help improve the quality of the open space network in the area, there is an opportunity along Russell Road to improve a small public space along the New River path which has the potential to benefit the wider community.

For more information please see the North Circular Area Action Plan