A plan to build flats on Tube station car parks has been recommended for approval again, despite extra objections from an MP, councillors and residents’ groups.

Planning officers at Enfield Council say the proposals to build 162 homes at Grade II-listed Arnos Grove Underground Station in Southgate “align with relevant local, regional and national policy”.

The application by Connected Living London – a partnership between Transport for London and Grainger – was taken off the agenda for a meeting in November after the council received “additional representations”. It is now up for debate at a planning committee meeting on Tuesday.

A report to the upcoming meeting includes objections from MP for Chipping Barnet Theresa Villiers and Barnet councillors Roberto Weeden-Sanz and Laithe Jajeh, which did not feature in the previous committee papers.

The most recent report by planning officers reveals an e-petition against the plans set up by Southgate Green councillor Daniel Anderson had 3,097 signatories at the time of writing. The previous report stated that his petition only had 32 signatures.

Other objections included in the new report were submitted by Cockfosters Local Area Residents Association and the Federation of Enfield Residents and Allied Associations.

The proposed development involves building four blocks of flats ranging from one to seven storeys high at the site, leading to the loss of 292 parking spaces.

It is one of several similar schemes planned for Underground station car parks across north London, including Cockfosters, High Barnet and Finchley Central.

The planning officers’ report admits the Arnos Grove proposals led to a “substantial number of objections”. The council received 103 objections to the full planning application and 32 objections to the listed building consent application, with only five in support of the proposals.

Increased parking, congestion and pollution problems are among the concerns raised by opponents, along with objections to the loss of the car parks, the height of the blocks and the impact on the character of the area.

But planning officers state that residents would be able to use public transport and “active travel options” to reach the station. They also conclude displaced parking is unlikely and a permit parking zone could be expanded to deal with any problems that arise.

Their report states that the design, scale and density of the scheme have “sympathetically responded” to the Grade II-listed station.

The planning committee meeting is due to be broadcast online at 7.30pm on Tuesday, January 5. More information, including the officers’ report, is available here.