Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Day Four of the Wards Corner Public Inquiry

Day four of the Inquiry following from here.
(posted a bit late)
The inquiry heard the report by Dr Patria Roman-Valazquez on the way the community at Latin Elephant, and the 7sisters market. work as economic wholes. How it's not just the direct jobs in the market itself but the wider economy, customers and wholesalers and distributors. Often not recognised in mainstream economic models, but together with many other BAME groups, flourishing quietly for years.

She was challenged by the Grainger QC in ways that seemed to be deliberately misleading. But she held up her argument well.

In the afternoon we did a site visit to the boarded-up store - the inspector needed to see this as part of his research. It's good to see the old girl again, still in a good state of repair though there are some damaged floorboards from neglectful TFL not fixing the roof. I hope we have persuaded the TFL reps who were present to get moving on cleaning off the graffiti, instead of ignoring all the correspondence we have been sending.

As the first week ends, we have heard that all the properties being forced to sell by the CPO, have reached agreements with Grainger. Some not completely signed off, but unlikely to not go ahead now. It becomes impossible to resist the pressure as refusing to negotiate means getting a punitive arrangement if the overall CPO goes through. Our case remains on Human Rights grounds, and we have enough of those still to stop the CPO, plus the value of the intact Victorian/Edwardian buildings to the people of Tottenham. Watch this space.

Back Tuesday for Week Two, which will mostly be us putting our case - for the Community Plan, and hearing from many of the traders about why they need the market to stay where it is. You can follow this live at https://haringey.public-i.tv/core/portal/home, or come and join us at the Wood Green Civic Centre, Tuesday to Friday this week. .

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