Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Earl Haig Memorial Hall - No to a pub!
Please sign online petition objecting to a license application at the Earl Haig Memorial Hall - www.ipetitions.com/petition/no-pub-at-earl-haig-hall/
Dear Local Resident
Thank you for looking at this petition regarding the Earl Haig Memorial Hall on Elder Avenue, Crouch End, N8.
You may not be aware, but Antic Ltd, an owner of pubs across London is currently applying for a late-night and alcohol license for the Earl Haig Memorial Hall, Elder Avenue, Crouch End. If successful, the pub would be able to stay open until 01.30 on weekend evenings and play live music until 11.00 and recorded music until 01.00.
Many local residents are very fond of the Earl Haig Hall and a local consortium tried to purchase the property from the British Legion so that it could be used by the local community. Unfortunately, they were vastly out-bid at auction earlier this year by City and Westminster Developments (CAWD) – a property developer.
Haringey Council has maintained throughout that the property must be kept for community use and not as a residential property. Because of Haringey’s planning restrictions CAWD are now trying to cut their losses and sell it on to Antic.
Should Antic buy the property, they will re-develop the site as a pub, next door to the Queens on Elder Avenue, a residential street. There will be an increase in noise and rubbish, especially for residents next door and across the road, and no doubt another pub will have an impact on local parking. Many local residents have young children and feel strongly that the last thing a residential street needs is a pub.
The council must find a solution that benefits the local community and the hall, but another late-night drinking venue is not the answer. The council must also spend time consulting with local residents to ascertain what they would like to happen to the Hall.
If you wish, please sign this petition and send it on to anyone you know who lives locally who might also object to the license application. Alternatively, please write to your local councillor, in this case, Lyn Weber, Lyn.Weber@haringey.gov.uk or David Winskill, winskill@blueyonder.co.uk to express your concern.
You may also wish to write to Haringey’s Licensing Team with your objection at: Enforcement Service, Technopark, Ashley Road, Tottenham, N17 9LN or email licensing@haringey.gov.uk . Deadlines for receipt of letters is Friday 28 September.
Many thanks for your help and I’d be happy to discuss further with you. I will aim to keep all signatories informed of developments.
Miki Lentin – mikilentin@fastmail.co.uk / 07976 793 666
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Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Lesley Ramm on
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Miki, has this been overtaken by events? Looks like they now want to demolish according to the (last) Hornsey Journal. Is there more than one planning application?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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As below:
A campaign against proposals to demolish a much-loved Crouch End community hall so it can be turned into houses is “inevitable”, according to one local residentAndrew Goldstone believes residents will rally against plans to demolish the Earl Haig Memorial Hall and replace it with four large townhouses, as outlined in plans submitted to Haringey Council by owners City and Westminster Developments on Monday.
The application is the third relating to the site which has been submitted to council planners in the last six months – although, crucially, all three have been submitted by different parties with very different ambitions for the former home of the Royal British Legion.
Local residents, who had hoped to buy the Elder Avenue venue to keep it for the community but were outbid at auction by the current owners, submitted a planning application to confirm its continuing use as a community facility – which the council approved in July.
The second application Haringey received for Earl Haig came just over a month ago, from Antic Ltd – a company which hopes to turn it into a pub. This application has been met with stiff opposition from residents, 124 of whom have signed a petition against the proposal which comes before the licencing committee next Thursday.
This latest application has been met with an equally frosty reception.
Mr Goldstone, who is part of the group which wants to keep the building for the community, said: “The application has come as a complete surprise, with no prior consultation whatsoever.
“To lose this much-loved landmark to housing would be a huge mistake – but nor should it become a pub.
“Local people are crying out for a community facility. There is a big demand and a viable business plan for that to happen. That opporutnity would be lost forever if it is knocked down.
“A big campaign by local people is inevitable.”
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Permalink Reply by Alex Palex on
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Just noticed this.
I'm curious - did the feared apocalypse arrive? I popped in for the first time the other day and have to say I thought it was a lovely venue / evening.
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