The agenda for the Strategic Planning Committee meeting on 4 December 2025 includes a major planning application for the redevelopment of the Great North Leisure Park and the minutes of the previous meeting. The main item for discussion is the application for the comprehensive redevelopment of the Great North Leisure Park, involving the demolition of existing buildings and the construction of 1,485 residential dwellings, a new leisure centre, commercial space, and associated infrastructure. The Strategic Planning Committee will also look at the minutes of the previous meeting.

Here are the topics that the committee is expected to discuss:

Great North Leisure Park Redevelopment

The committee will consider a report about planning application 25/0213/FUL for the Great North Leisure Park at Chaplin Square, N12 0GL. The application proposes a comprehensive redevelopment, including demolishing existing buildings and constructing up to 1,485 homes in 20 buildings (up to 25 storeys), a new two-storey leisure centre, flexible commercial space, a single-storey sports changing pavilion, landscaping, parking, and associated works.

The applicant, Regal GNLP Ltd, seeks planning permission for a residential-led mixed-use development on an allocated site within the Barnet Local Plan. The report pack notes that the key considerations include housing delivery, affordable housing, design quality, and transport impacts. The planning officer's recommendation is to grant planning permission, subject to referral to the Mayor of London, completion of a legal agreement, and conditions.

The report pack highlights several key aspects of the proposal:

• Site Allocation: The site is allocated for residential-led mixed-use development with commercial, leisure, and community uses.
• Housing: The scheme proposes 1,485 homes, including affordable housing.
• Leisure: A new two-storey council-owned public leisure centre will replace the existing facility.
• Commercial Space: The development includes flexible commercial space.
• Public Realm: Extensive public realm improvements, landscaping, parking, and access are planned.
• Sustainability: Ecology and biodiversity enhancements are a major component of the scheme.

The report pack notes that the reasons for referral to the committee include that the application is within one or more of the categories which must be referred to the Mayor of London under the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008, the application does not accord with the provisions of the Development Plan and, in the opinion of the Chief Planning Officer, constitutes a significant departure, and the application is by or on behalf of the Council and, in the opinion of the Director of Planning and Building Control, is a significant development.

The report pack includes a summary of the Section 106 Agreement Heads of Terms, including:

• Replacement Leisure Centre and Sports Pavilion
• Affordable Housing: a minimum of 25% by habitable room, comprising 60% Social Rent / 40% Shared Ownership
• Bus Contribution: £900,000 to fund two extra buses per hour
• Active Travel Zone Assessment: capped contribution of up to £100,000 towards road safety and improvement works
• Parking Controls: Restriction on access to parking permits for residents for any future Controlled Parking Zone. Contribution of £80,000 to fund a study of parking demand on public streets within 500 m of the site prior to and post occupation of the proposed leisure centre.
• Travel Plans: Leisure, Residential and Commercial Travel Plans, Travel Plan Incentives and monitoring
• Public Realm: £50,256 towards delivery of a path on the Glebelands
• Health: A contribution of £570,760.00 towards expansion of primary care facilities.
• Police: A contribution of £176,109.81 towards supporting the recruitment of additional police staff
• Skills and Employment: £2,665,351.75 towards the provision of 265 apprenticeships and 265 work placements
• Ecology & Biodiversity: Biodiversity Net Gain Plan and mitigation measures for the Glebelands
• Energy: £1,432,980 Carbon Offset Payment

The report pack also includes a list of draft planning conditions, including: time limit, approved plans and documents, development phasing, demolition, construction and environmental management & logistics plan, contaminated land, noise impact ventilation and extraction, habitat management plan, secured by design, fire evacuation lifts, cycle parking details, wind mitigation measures, BREEAM¹ standards, air quality, drainage strategy, fire safety compliance, green roofs, biodiversity gain plan, water efficiency, and access arrangements. The report pack notes that the application must be referred to the Mayor of London, and any resolution by the committee will be subject to no direction to call in or refuse the application being received from the Mayor of London.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting

The committee will review the minutes of the meeting held on 20 October 2025. The minutes indicate that the committee approved planning permission for development at Autopia House, 231 Colney Hatch Lane, N11 3DG, subject to conditions and a Section 106 agreement. Councillor Nigel Young, Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, thanked the committee for their attendance.