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

NC Policy 26 Southgate Town Hall (Site 14)

In accordance with the Southgate Town Hall planning brief, the principal spaces in the former town hall and library building will be retained refurbished and/or converted with appropriate uses including community and office/commercial uses. The site is also appropriate for new high quality residential development on the Shapland Way and New River frontages.

In addition to the refurbished floorspace, this site has the scope to deliver up to 35 dwellings.

The Southgate Town Hall planning brief was adopted in October 2011 and provides a planning framework for this prominent and important Council owned site. Protection is given to the existing community uses and new uses are identified as being appropriate future uses for the building. These include health uses should the need arise.

Prevailing building heights range from three storeys in Shapland Way with the new housing development opposite the site rising to four storeys. The site presents the opportunity to secure the long term community-based use of the building. The site does benefit from public access to the New River and a river frontage which is not something the current building exploits. There is public access to the river side. The opportunity to introduce new housing development on the western side of the site will enable the site to take advantage of this environmental asset. Care will need to be taken to protect the amenities of properties along Palmerston Crescent whose back gardens back on to the river opposite the site.

For more information please see the North Circular Area Action Plan