End of the line for Hawkins Brown TfL housing scheme

By Jim Dunton2022-03-15T07:00:00

Transport secretary vetoes north London station proposals over loss of car park

Recently-approved plans for a 350-home station development in north London, designed by Hawkins Brown and Mae, are being blocked by transport secretary Grant Shapps because they will lead to the loss of car-parking spaces.

Enfield council approved the controversial plans for Cockfosters station – the northernmost station on the Piccadilly Line – at a meeting last month. But on Friday it emerged that Shapps has used a little-known power that requires his consent to be granted for development on land owned by Transport for London.

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