TRENT PARK ENFIELD THE FORMER MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY CAMPUS TRENT PARK PLANNING STATEMENT Our vision for Trent Park is a strong, integrated community where people know one another and welcome the public to enjoy the safe and beautiful setting, where every detail is designed to the highest quality. Residents and visitors will stay and contribute to the rich history and share the tranquil open spaces. SEPTEMBER 2016 Former Middlesex University Campus Trent Park Planning Statement Berkeley Homes (North East London) Ltd 16 September 2016 14713/IR/SH Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners 14 Regent's Wharf All Saints Street London N1 9RL nlpplanning.com This document is formatted for double sided printing. © Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Ltd 2016. Trading as Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners. All Rights Reserved. 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Licence number AL50684A Former Middlesex University Campus Trent Park : Planning Statement Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 Application Scope ............................................................................................ 2 Report Structure ............................................................................................... 3 2.0 Site Background 5 Site and Context .............................................................................................. 5 Site History ...................................................................................................... 8 Planning History ............................................................................................... 9 3.0 Consultation and Design Evolution 12 LBE Pre-Application Advice ........................................................................... 12 GLA Pre-Application Advice ........................................................................... 14 Historic England ............................................................................................. 15 The Trent Park Working Group ...................................................................... 16 The Trent Park Community Council ............................................................... 16 The Local Community .................................................................................... 16 EIA Scoping ................................................................................................... 17 4.0 Summary of the Proposals 18 5.0 Policy Context 21 The Statutory Development Plan.................................................................... 21 Site Designations ........................................................................................... 21 National Planning Policy Framework .............................................................. 22 National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG) ................................................ 23 Key Planning Considerations ......................................................................... 24 6.0 The Principle of Development 25 Principle of Use .............................................................................................. 25 Green Belt ...................................................................................................... 28 7.0 Effects on Heritage Assets 33 Residential Use of the Mansion House .......................................................... 33 Orangery ........................................................................................................ 34 Summary Assessment ................................................................................... 34 8.0 Housing Delivery: Mix and Tenure 36 Housing Need ................................................................................................ 36 Housing Mix ................................................................................................... 37 Wheelchair Accessible Housing ..................................................................... 37 Affordable Housing ........................................................................................ 38 12045128v10 : 9.0 Community Access and Non-Residential Uses 41 The Museum/Event Space/Café ..................................................................... 41 The Orangery/Swimming Pool........................................................................ 43 The Public Realm ........................................................................................... 43 10.0 Design and Amenity Standards 46 Design Standards........................................................................................... 46 Amenity Space ............................................................................................... 47 11.0 Transport and Servicing 49 Transport Assessment ................................................................................... 49 Travel Plan ..................................................................................................... 50 Construction, Deliveries and Servicing ........................................................... 51 Operational Waste ......................................................................................... 51 12.0 Energy/Sustainability 53 13.0 Other Environmental Issues 55 14.0 Legal Obligations and Heads of Terms 56 15.0 Conclusions 57 12045128v10 Former Middlesex University Campus Trent Park : Planning Statement Appendices Appendix 1 Alternative Uses Report Appendix 2 Planning Policy Matrix 12045128v10 Former Middlesex University Campus Trent Park : Planning Statement 1.0 Introduction 1.1 This Planning Statement has been prepared on behalf of Berkeley Homes (North East London) Limited (hereafter referred to as ‘Berkeley’) to assist the London Borough of Enfield (LBE) in its consideration of an application for planning permission and listed building consent for development of the Former Middlesex University Campus Trent Park (hereafter referred to as the ‘Application Site’). The application seeks the following (hereafter referred to as the ‘Proposed Development’): “Full planning permission for the demolition of Bevan Hall, Lakeview, Wisteria Building, Jebb Building, the Student Union, Gubbay Hall, the Sports Hall, Sassoon Hall, the Bothy, South Lodge and ancillary structures. Restoration and change of use of the site’s heritage assets from institutional use (Use Class D1 and C2) to residential use (Use Class C3), with part of the ground floor and basement of the Mansion House in community use (Use Class D1). Change of use and extension to the Orangery for leisure use (Use Class D2). Construction of new residential development (Use Class C3) in the form of houses and apartments with associated car and cycle parking (surface, basement and private garages) and amenity space, with a total provision of 262 dwellings. Comprehensive landscape restoration scheme to deliver publically accessible amenity space, to include sustainable drainage features, planting and tree works. Refurbishment of existing outdoor tennis courts. Various vehicular, cycle and pedestrian routes through the site. Works to formalise the hockey club’s car parking facilities. Alterations to Snakes Lane at the junction with Bramley Road to include a turning circle with bus shelter, garage and cycle parking, along with new pedestrian crossings. All associated infrastructure works. Listed building consent for the demolition of extensions to the Mansion House and Orangery, followed by various works to the Mansion House and its terrace and forecourt, the swimming pool/Orangery, Wisteria Walk and the Registered Park as part of their restoration, conversion and/or extension”. 1.2 The purpose of this Planning Statement is to assess the Proposed Development against the relevant local, London-wide and national planning policy and other material considerations. To do this, it draws from other documents and information accompanying the planning and listed building consent applications (hereafter referred to as the ‘application’) to which the reader should refer for further detail. 1.3 By way of context, the site was vacated by Middlesex University in 2012 and purchased by the Allianze University College of Medical Sciences (AUCMS) in 2013. AUCMS went into liquidation in November 2014, leaving the site with an uncertain future. The former university campus, which had been vacant for three years, was put up for sale and acquired by Berkeley in September 2015. Berkeley has been working with a team of specialist advisers to secure a long- term solution for this Major Developed Site in the Green Belt, seeking to develop a viable scheme which both respects the Green Belt and the site’s 12045128v10 P1 Former Middlesex University Campus Trent Park : Planning Statement heritage assets, based on a conservation and landscape-led approach which will benefit current and future generations. As set out under the above description of the Proposed Development, Berkeley’s plans for the site comprise residential-led development (Use Class C3) with some community uses including a museum/café/event space (Use Class D1) and a gym (Use Class D2), focused on the restoration of the site’s listed heritage assets and landscape including the Mansion House. 1.4 The proposals have been subject to comprehensive pre-application discussions with the London Borough of Enfield (LBE) (under a Planning Performance Agreement), Urban Design London (as part of their design