Plans for 200 homes to be built on the site of a disused gasholder have been unveiled.
Developer Berkeley Homes is set to bring forward plans to demolish the 90-year-old landmark in the northern part of the former New Barnet gasworks site in Albert Road.
Plans for 420 homes dubbed ‘Victoria Quarter’, submitted by developer Fairview, were approved for the southern part of the gasworks site in March.
An initial consultation is underway with an event held this month and an online survey available on Berkeley Homes’ website.
The survey asks what type of housing residents think is “most required” in New Barnet, giving options between “traditional family” homes, three or four-storey low-rise apartments, and medium to high-rise apartments.
The survey asks whether the site in its current state offered a “positive contribution” and whether the principle of regenerating the “redundant” brownfield site for new homes was supportable.
The site is allocated in the forthcoming Barnet Local Plan for around 200 homes, assuming the development is mainly flats.
Once feedback is considered and an outline drawn up, Berkeley Homes aims to submit an application to Barnet Council next year.
Access to the site, and the main service route, would be via Albert Road where construction is currently underway on Fairview’s Park Quarter, which has delivered 44 homes, and the Victoria Quarter, which will deliver 420.
Businesses in Albert Road have previously complained of the road’s use as a “pit lane” saying construction traffic and storing of building materials is costing them trade.
A spokesperson from Berkeley Homes said the site’s allocation for housing in the local plan and the borough’s need for new homes made it ideal for redevelopment.
The spokesperson said: “We are excited to be bringing forward the redundant Albert Road gasworks for much needed new homes.
“This brownfield site is allocated for housing in the council’s local plan and we started to engage with the community in December to understand local views and priorities.
“We are delighted with the level of engagement and participation so far and will continue dialogue with the community and council in early 2025 ahead of a planning application later in the year.”
Visit www.albertroad.consultationonline.co.uk for more information and to take part in the survey.