Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
La Vina - permission refused to turn into flats
I was disturbed to hear that they were trying to turn La Vina, the Spanish restaurant, on WIghtman Road, into flats.
Planning permission has been refused: see here
The reasons given are mainly to do with inadequate plans for the flats, although they do also cite lack of evidence that the owners have marketed the site as a resaurant for at least a year, which is required.
We'd be very sorry to lose that restaurant, but if the owners don't want to continue then we'll have to hope someone else does, though i suspect the flats plan will eventually go through
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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We should not be building flats so close to railway stations! Most people should have a compulsory 5 minute walk to their home station and the fact that they do at the moment is why London does not suffer from the rest of the country's obesity problem.
As we saw with the tower at Hampden Rd, the density applicable to flats built so close to stations under the moronic maths of the London Plan leads to problems.
I had my 30th birthday in that restaurant and would be very sad to see it go but the pressure to monetise this site being felt by the presumably retiring landlord must be immense.
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Permalink Reply by Michelle M on
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Oh what a shame we really liked La Vina, any idea why they put up signs to say they were renovating? I hope another restaurant opens there.
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Permalink Reply by kotkas on
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So we don't like a high street dominated by restaurants, bemoan the limited supply of housing, and at the same time hope that a restaurant isn't turned into flats. Am I missing something?
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I agree that there needs to be more diversity, but given the available options wouldn't it be sensible to have preference for housing?
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Oh yes, let's just all stay inside and watch SkyTV and get Deliveroo. Restaurants are for losers. Houses everywhere for everyone! Nothing else matters.
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The choice is squarely in the hands of the owners, and whatever planning framework that governs permitted developments. So in this instance it is binary.
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You said this "The choice is squarely in the hands of the owners" and then completely contradicted it with "and whatever planning framework that governs permitted developments". Interesting no?
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Hmm don't think so. The owner will do whatever the hell is legally possible to do with their property. In this case the choice seems to be between restaurant and flats because a restaurant precedent exists and the case for flats won't be too hard to make... In any isntance, speculation on what else it can be is frankly a waste of energy...
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Anyone know what the site was originally intended as when it was built?
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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It operated as a printers back in 1935. Can't recall what it was when we moved to the area in 1984 but next door was a dry cleaners, now Blend.
The area between approximately Umfreville and the Wightman bridge over the railway was a mini shopping centre with a wine merchant, pastry cook, cafe, post office and domestic store on the east side and a parade of shops called The Facade where a Jewsons is now. This is all from the Kelly's Directory of 1935.
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