Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey submits local plan to Government; confirms plan to convert Arena retail park
Haringey has now submitted its revised local plan to the Government, who will then examine it.
Information on the plan & consultation is on this page.
Regarding the Arena site, this document on the consultation shows that the plans to convert the site to more residential use remain:
"SA33 (Arena Retail Park)
7 respondents: 29 comments
4.42 There were no major amendments made to SA33. The respondents brought up concerns relating to the impact of increased traffic on congestion and air quality. It is hoped that changes to the site will mean a reduction in car use which in turn will decrease congestion and air pollution."
The detailed document which was part of the consultation- available here - refers to the site as SA29 (page 76); comments include:
"Long-term potential for redevelopment of the existing retail park to produce a new high street frontage, access improvements to Harringay Green Lanes station and Finsbury Park, reconfigured road layout, and new residential and commercial development."
"This retail park is heavily car-dominated, yet in a highly accessible location by public transport. There exists the potential to increase density on the site, while reducing car dependency. The development could fund significant public realm improvements, including improving access to Harringay Green Lanes Station, Finsbury Park, a new, active, stretch of High Street frontage onto Green Lanes, and a continuation of the SINC from the slopes into Finsbury Park to create an improved biodiversity corridor across the Borough."
"Access to the site will be a key issue to be examined before any development takes place. Traffic impacts on Green Lanes from this site should be reduced through this development. The existing Endymion Rd junction with Green Lanes, and the existing retail park entrance junctions, as well as through traf c will need to be considered through a comprehensive transport assessment."
All very relevant to the current traffic debate, as the Arena site creates a lot of traffic on Green Lanes - though we don't know exactly how much, as the Traffic Survey didn't monitor traffic on the Williamson Road, the only access road!!
Tags for Forum Posts: Arena, Congestion, Traffic, Wightman
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Thanks for flagging the latest stage in this story.
As flagged over two years ago, the Arena site is just one of many sites where development is planned within Harringay (to say nothing of other sites nearby).
The fact of the Arena redevelopment is testament to a poor planning decision in the last decade that gave the green light for a car-based retail development on the edge of Zone 2. The effect of a transition to housing would almost certainly improve traffic along Harringay's stretch of Green Lanes.
However this is only one of many developments foreseen in the local plan. The cumulative effect of the huge amount of development planned in or near our neighbourhood will be more people and very likely more cars. Our planners failed us last decade, including swallowing the developers fictional traffic predictions hook line and sinker and give us glib assurances of solutions that never appeared. As I've been writing for over a decade now, unless they engage in some hard decisions now, things are going to feel a lot worse ten more years down the line.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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There needs to be NO provision for motor vehicles. They won't be living so close to us.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Setz on
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With huge expansion predicted by electric car makers, car ownership is likely to increase, isn't it?
By ditching fossil fuels and observing a 20mph city limit, won't people vote with their feet and put serious pressure on for car-centred living?
It would be better if everyone acted in the common interest, but people want what they want and our system acts to help them get it (in exchange for votes), even if we don't agree, doesn't it?
So, in effect, the politicians are going to order the reimplementation of car parks etc for the same reasons they implemented them in the first place, aren't they??
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Permalink Reply by michaelw on
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I agree re the need to focus on minimal or no car provision, particularly for residential buildings. There's nothing new about this, and even Salt Lake City is building car-free housing now!
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