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Search the Public Notice PortalPlans have been submitted for the redevelopment of two tower blocks in Potters Bar town centre.
Developer Chase New Homes is seeking prior approval for the project, which would see the Canada Life Place and Maple House office blocks in High Street turned into residential premises.
Pre-planning documents suggested the development would provide mixed-use buildings, with up to 350 new homes accompanied by retail space on the ground floor.
However, following a consultation period which ended on December 3, the plans submitted to Hertsmere council now say the redeveloped blocks would provide up to 143 new flats, without associated retail units.
Pre-planning documents also suggested 35 per cent of the homes would be affordable housing, but "additional information" documents for both of the recently submitted applications state neither block would include any such affordable housing.
When the public consultation was launched in November, Cllr Renos Georgiou, Hertsmere council cabinet member for resources, IT and digital transformation, said: "My personal view, and that as a councillor, is that we should prioritise building on brownfield sites such as this to help reduce the strain on the number of available homes for our residents."
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Canada Life Place is a six-storey office block, and would host 74 of the 143 flats, whereas Maple House would host a further 69 over 12 storeys.
Cover letters for both applications state there will be "no impact on transport and highways arising from the change of use".
It continues: "The site is an active office development that when in full occupation had significant levels of car movements throughout the day, as reflective of its overall floor space.
"Those movements would be predominately around peak times of the day, which unlike residential development would have a greater impact on highway capacity than a scheme of this nature."
It also notes movements associated with a residential development would be "less focused around the peak periods and comprise of general movements throughout the day".
To view both applications, or leave a comment, visit ww6.hertsmere.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple&searchType=Application searching reference 25/1764/PD56M (Canada Life Place) or 25/1763/PD56M (Maple House).
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