Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey's Warehouse Districts Under Threat?
An item at tonight's Council Cabinet meeting has thrown into question the future survival of Haringey's two warehouse districts and the artistic communities who live in them.
Both the Harringay Warehouse District and the Fountayne Road community now face an uncertain future following the publication of a Haringey Council report, "Tackling Unauthorised Living in Industrial Areas". (Report attached)
The report, which was discussed at the full cabinet of the Council today, recommends a two-year project costing £600,000 which will seek to deal with "the growing problem of unauthorised residential and live work uses in and around (the) Industrial Sites" in Haringey. The recommended process is "to establish a special multi-disciplinary team to fully investigate and address the problem through a combination of regulation, improvement, enforcement and, where necessary, prosecution".
The alarm bells were ringing for me since earlier in the week I had discovered that these areas are earmarked as being amongst those that will "will accommodate the majority of development in the borough over the next 20 years".
In Facebook and Twitter conversations this afternoon, warehouse residents shared their fears that the vibrancy their communities bring to the borough will be overlooked and their communities sanitised and destroyed.
In response to my Twitter requests to Council Leader Claire Kober this evening to protect these communities, Cllr Kober sought to offer some reassurance:
@harringayonline some people in unacceptable conditions. My concern is for safe, decent properties. No intention to undermine communities
@harringayonline no intention to damage what's good. Priority is to go after rogue landlords just as we do elsewhere in borough
When I asked if she would ensure that warehouse residents will be involved, the Council Leader replied:
@harringayonline don't see any problem involving residents. Will ask officers to consider how best to achieve
I very much hope that the approach the Council takes in this project will support these communities rather than beginning the process of whittling them away.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Similar to the impact of uncontrolled and badly managed Homes in Multiple Occupation. It seems these are currently multiplying at an alarming rate.
This will undermine all the mostly futile attempts to "regenerate" Tottenham. Futile because they start from the wrong assumptions and then go on to apply the wrong solutions.
I'm waiting for La Kober to use a phrase like "Multiple Occupation Housing product"
(Tottenham Hale Ward councillor)
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Permalink Reply by Jacqueline Hancher on
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Email sent 20/03/2014
Dear Jenny
I had a meeting with Martin from Majorlink this afternoon and he has agreed that we can employ a security guard for Omega Works
Friday Night 9pm-3am
Saturday Night. 9pm-3am
Sunday Night. 9pm -2am
This guard will stop any unauthorised parties and ensure that You and other residents are not disturbed .
They will also monitor the gates .
I hope that this, will help to improve relations between all of us .
We will be contracting a registered security firm to fulfil the position .
Regards
Jacqui
Sent from my iPad
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Permalink Reply by jenny on
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Is this from tonight ? Have all of the tenants been informed ?(Everyone within the site)
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Dear Jenny
All my Tenants have been notified , however I am not certain if Martin from Majorlink / Topsfling Ltd , has told his Tenants .
We have not agreed on the company yet . I would envisage that it will take approximately 2 wks for the employment of the guard and the provision of shelter .
I hope this is satisfactory .
Regards.
Jacqui
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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At Woodberry Down they did it this way.
1. Announce that they would try to CPO people's flats (values plummeted)
2. Announce permission in general to CPO (further value decline)
3. Announce specific CPO details (value stabilised).
So there is a three bed flat, big rooms and in one of the nicer old blocks on Seven Sisters with curvy balconies etc going for £210,000. One of the new build three bed flats can be had for £700,000.
I have noticed a massive disparity anyway in prices between private flats and ex-local authority flats. The only difference I can put the 30-50% discounts down to is the quality of your neighbours.
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There are all sorts of games played when Councils and developers want to carry out a "clearance" of poorer people from an area they want to exploit. Including demonising an estate or neighbourhood by exaggerating the extent of crime. Or not doing proper maintenance. Or buying up and boarding-up property so it all looks grim and uncared for.
You might find it interesting to look at Sarah Glynn's website. (A lot of stuff freely downloadable.) Especially her writing about Dundee.
For instance, I was intrigued to read "Regeneration In Interesting Times"; and to spot the same fallacious arguments and misleading terminology used as in Haringey to justify redevelopment by - as she describes - "dismantling the physical structures of social housing and other low-cost housing that literally stood in its way".
(Tottenham Hale ward councillor.)
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Dear Simon
Would you like to visit my Units at Omega , to satisfy yourself , that the the facilities provided for Tenants are of a standard which I believe is far greater than the average local properties available in Hermitage Rd ?
Regards
Jacqui
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Interior at Omega.
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How much is it to rent that place? It looks really nice, of course.
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No Thanks, I am sure they look fine. I would like to see the planning approval though.
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Hmmm....
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