Highbury 2002 Scheme

Click the links below to download:

• copies of the planning permission for the site
• a summary of the approved plans and information from the 2002 scheme

Note: The password to access these documents is 'CONSULT'

In summary, the proposals for the site are as follows:

• Conversion of the East Stand to residential flats and provision of gym/health club and B1 accommodation at basement level
• Conversion of the West Stand to residential flats and basement storage
• Creation of an underground vehicle parking and storage area between the retained stands; and a landscaped garden providing play space areas and a memorial garden, with peripheral walkways, on a platform at approximately the level of the existing football pitch
• Demolition of the North Stand and associated buildings and structures, and their replacement with ...

• A block of residential flats with basement storage and refuse/plant accommodation, comprising part 4 and part 7 storeys above the former pitch level, and lower ground and basement levels below
• A shared pedestrian/light vehicle route and courtyard, linking Avenell Road and Gillespie Road
• A 3/4 storey block containing residential flats; and
• A 2/3 storey western boundary block containing residential flats and nursery, with indicative disabled parking provision outside
• Demolition of the South Stand and associated buildings and structures, and their replacement with ...

• A block of residential flats with basement storage, comprising part 4 and part 7 storeys above the former pitch level, and a basement level below
• A shared pedestrian/light vehicle accessway
• A 2/3 storey block of mews houses (7 no.); a 4 storey building fronting Avenell Road, containing residential flats and a community health facility
• A 4 storey southern boundary block containing residential flats fronting onto Aubert Court; and
• Alteration of the existing cul-de-sac access road within Aubert Court, and creation of disabled parking spaces
• Construction of a block of 2 no. 3 storey houses between 185 and 191 Highbury Hill
• Refurbishment and change to residential use of 191 Highbury Hill, 89 Gillespie Road and 58 Avenell Road
• Development of a 3 storey house between 81 and 83 Gillespie Road and at 95 Gillespie Road
• Alterations to the external elevations of 133-135 Highbury Hill, and reinstatement of original features of the frontage of 137-139 Highbury Hill, both sets of works connected with the refurbishment of the existing residential flats
• Listed Building consent granted for: Conversion of East Stand for use for residential (Class C3), gym/health club (Class D2) and business (Class B1) purposes, including minor demolitions at south end of the stand
  
  

NB the description of the development as set out above was approved in May 2002.