Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Register for the Webinar to see the Council's plans for Harringay
As part of its new local planning process, the council is running a series of webinar for the borough's neighbourhoods. Harringay's is being run along with the one for Wood Green. (Since the Council still can't bring themselves to use our proper neighbourhood name, its called the Wood Green and Green Lanes event.
The plan includes the demolition of the Arena Shops and Jewson on Wightman Road and their replacement with flats - probably towers of some sort. There's no surprises there since these areas were zoned for just this sort of development some years ago.
In my experience. once a plan has reached this stage, it's unlikely to change unless there's a very organised and effective expression of will for it to be so,
You can sign up to attend virtually, here.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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The plan includes the demolition of the Arena Shops and Jewson on Wightman Road
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The buildings on these sites are unlovely with swathes of land given to parking for car-owners, but there are other considerations.
The council has a responsibility toward maintaining or fostering employment, but too often this takes a back-seat to new-build. And the council's cosy relations with a small number of developers (I wonder which one will have the inside track here, in a similar way that one big developer seemed always to have the inside-track for the unlamented HDV).
As well as the possible net-loss of employment in the council's Site Allocation, there may also be a loss of services for local people.
If building supplies merchant Jewson's were lost, then builders and those with DIY ability would have to drive further afield to buy tools and materials. Despite the occasional chat and PR-push, Haringey Council has never been really serious to encourage walking and cycling. Driven by developers and the lust for more Council Tax, parts of the Borough are gradually turning into a dormitory monoculture.
We see this pattern emerging outside the Tottenham Hale transport hub, where the council has enabled intensive development around a big intersection … above some of the most air-polluted roads in the UK. Hardly ideal for raising a family with young children with growing lungs.
Some years ago, Green Lanes was ranked one of the five most polluted roads in Haringey Borough, along with West Green Road, Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham High Road and Muswell Hill Broadway.
If there were joined-up thinking in the council, then several of these aspects could be mitigated. However, there is little sign of such thinking at Haringey Council.
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Permalink Reply by AndrewAW1
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To be fair the Green Lanes region they've defined is broader than Harringay. It's including a fair bit of West Green and St Anne's including the new development there (although I'm also not keen on the Green Lanes descriptor but I'm not sure what would be better).
Lots of information and consultations on the website https://haringeynewlocalplan.commonplace.is/
The neighbourhood plans are worth a flick through, it feels like the plan is to build new housing on any bit of land they can see. I can't see all of it happening but the Arena in particular looks like a prime site. The intention is to keep a supermarket and retail on the Green Lanes fronted part and residential behind it sounds like, which could be an improvement if done well.
They've made it annoyingly difficult to link to, it's the Part2_NeighbourhoodPolicies.pdf here
https://haringeynewlocalplan.commonplace.is/proposals/key-documents...
All the various stuff is here
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