Policy information sourced from the Highgate Neighbourhood Plan

SC1: Highgate’s Housing Needs

The Neighbourhood Plan will help to facilitate delivery of a minimum of 300 net additional housing units in Highgate up to 2026. Planning applications for new residential development (including conversions) will be required to demonstrate how they are contributing towards a range of housing types and tenures to meet the identified needs of the Plan area and help us achieve a balanced, inclusive and sustainable community. The ability of a new development to deliver an appropriate mix of homes that meet any of the following needs will be treated as a benefit of significant weight:

  1. Affordable housing that meets the Boroughs’ targets and is delivered on-site;
  2. Optimise the use of land and buildings on individual sites to create communities that are inclusive to everyone and appropriately mixed in terms of demographics, household types and tenures;
  3. Inclusion of smaller units to provide for a mix of house sizes and to allow older residents to downsize from family housing to smaller units and supported housing, as well as to provide affordable housing products aimed at first time buyers;
  4. Where appropriate – and where it is not at the expense of quality or space standards – innovative and creative ways of providing residential accommodation to those not eligible for social housing, but also unable to afford housing at market prices. These may include licensed HMOs, studio apartments, and opportunities for a different range of housing types, such as self-build or custom-build where there is a demonstrable need.

For more information please see the Highgate Neighbourhood Plan