Highbury Grove School

Islington Council is proposing to redevelop Highbury Grove School as part of Islington’s Schools for the Future initiative.

This would involve a new purpose built secondary school to replace the existing Highbury Grove School on its present site. 

The Council is also considering options for enhanced sixth form facilities, and a secondary Special Education Needs (SEN) school on the site.

Planning Guidance

We have adopted planning guidance for development control purposes for the school site. The purpose of the planning guidance is to:

• identify opportunities and constraints for development
• provide a clear indication of permissible development
• give certainty to the school, developers and the community about development parameters and requirements.

We carried out public consultation on the draft planning guidance in November 2005. A report was presented to the East Area Committee on 9 January. The report summarised the content of planning guidance and outlined the method of consultation, responses to consultation and consequent amendments the guidance. A copy of the report can be viewed by visiting the link at the bottom of this page.

Please visit the link to see a copy of the report to the East Area Committee on 9 January.

The Next Steps

The adopted planning guidance will be a material consideration in assessing any planning applications for this site. A planning application would be made following selection of a preferred development partner in 2007. Commencement of work on site would follow as soon as practical after the award of detailed planning consent, assuming this is granted. There would be further statutory consultation as part of the planning application process.

If you would like further information please contact:

Becky Baker
Planning Officer (Education Projects)
PO Box 3333
222 Upper Street
London N1 1YA
Email: becky.baker@islington.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 7527 3506

For websites related to this project please visit the links under useful websites on the right.