By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
A photo of the site in 2019 (Image: Google Maps) Councillors had to reconsider a planning application that was turned down months earlier because Enfield Council missed a key housing target. Planning chiefs admitted the only reason the plans were being re-examined was because the council’s failure to meet the Government’s housing delivery test meant councillors had to apply a “presumption in favour of sustainable development”. This means proposals should be approved “unless the adverse impacts of doing so would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits”, according to national planning policy.