Policy information sourced from the Islington Local Plan
SP5 Nag’s Head and Holloway
- Nag’s Head Town Centre is an important retail area. Retail uses will be maintained and enhanced within the Town Centre, particularly within the Primary Shopping Area.
- Increased night-time economy and leisure uses are encouraged in the Town Centre, particularly outside the Primary Shopping Area and also as part of new development.
- Smaller scale retail provision may be acceptable in the three LSAs that fall within the Spatial Strategy boundary – Cardwell Terrace, Hillmarton Terrace and part of Lower Holloway.
- Seven Sisters Road has some of the highest concentrations of betting shops/takeaways in the borough. Further uses which add to this overconcentration will be resisted.
- The Holloway Prison site is the key local housing site which will help to meet identified housing need in the borough. The site will provide, inter alia, high levels of genuinely affordable housing, community uses including a women’s building/centre and publicly accessible green open space.
- Morrison’s supermarket and its adjacent car park is the key opportunity site for the retention and enhancement of retail provision in the Town Centre in the longer term, as well as for the delivery of a significant amount of residential and office floorspace on the upper floors, subject to amenity issues being addressed in line with the agent-of-change principle. Other Town Centre uses may be appropriate as part of redevelopment of the site, including night-time economy uses such as restaurants. Existing site permeability through to Seven Sisters Road and the Nag’s Head market must be maintained and retail user amenity should be improved. Enhancements to the covered market are encouraged where they fit with the wider function of the area and do not lead to adverse amenity impacts. Public open space should be provided to act as a focal point for the Town Centre.
- Markets are encouraged within the Spatial Strategy area, such as the weekly market on the Grafton Primary School site.
- New office floorspace will be encouraged to support diversity in the local economy. Conversion of upper floors above retail units to office floorspace will be considered appropriate where there are no adverse impacts on the ongoing operation of ground floor retail and safe, secure access is provided.
- The London Metropolitan University will continue to play an important role in contributing to the local economy. Space for learning should be consolidated and improved within the university campus. Additional accommodation for students will only be allowed where consistent with Policy H6.
- Public realm and environmental improvements throughout the Town Centre will be strongly encouraged.
- The Seven Sisters Road, Isledon Road/Tollington Road gyratory system will be removed if feasible in the long term. Removal of the gyratory system will need to consider and mitigate any significant adverse impacts on existing residents and businesses. A cycle route linking Camden and Tottenham Hale along Seven Sisters Road will be supported. A junction improvement incorporating a cycle route link between Sussex Way to Hornsey Road will be progressed. Junction improvements to Seven Sisters Road/Holloway Road, Hornsey Road/Seven Sisters Road and Holloway Road/Tollington Road/Camden Road will be prioritised.
- The heritage assets of the area will be protected and enhanced where specific proposals come forward. The key listed buildings are the Holloway Odeon cinema and 458-462 Holloway Road. Other notable buildings include the former Jones Brothers tower and 67-83 Seven Sisters Road.
- Five sites in the Spatial Strategy area have been identified as potentially suitable for tall buildings over 30 metres.
- Housing will come forward on sites allocated for housing, on upper floors within the town centre as well as windfall sites within the wider area.
- Site Allocations within the Spatial Policy Area are expected to deliver 1,530 homes and 22,000sqm of office space over the plan period.
For more information please see the Islington Local Plan