Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Spurs Announce Plans Over Stadium
Tottenham Football Club have announced that they have asked for permission from the High Court to start proceedings against the Olympic Park Legacy, the Mayor and other individuals involved in the decision making to award West Ham United the Olympic Stadium after the games in 2012.
Spurs were upset at the handling of the decision and will seek a judicial review with a view to getting the decision overturned. Spurs lost all hope when they announced plans to redevelop the stadium by removing the running track, it had been agreed by the Olympic committee that the track remain in place after the games, a bid which West Ham promised to deliver. Spurs did offer to provide an alternative with the redevelopment of athletics at Crystal Palace which would not compromise football and be open all year.
Tottenham felt they had submitted the better bid but were refused due to politics and already signed contracts stating the running track must remain.
The club has released the following statement:
The Club has today sought permission from the High Court to bring a claim against the Olympic Park Legacy Company Limited, the Mayor of London, the Minister for Sport and the Olympics and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for judicial review of a series of decisions made by them to appoint a joint bid by the London Borough of Newham and West Ham United Football Club as preferred bidder in a competition for the lease of the Olympic Stadium.
The Club continues to hold discussions with both local and national government bodies in order to seek to agree a feasible stadium solution.
Story from http://triffictottenham.co.uk
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Permalink Reply by Jonmelkay on
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What will they do with all the land they own round White Hart Lane stadium if they get to have the Olympic stadium.
Build affordable housing etc or let the area become derelict?
I understand the council are not being very cooperative re planning permission etc.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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"I understand the council are not being very cooperative re planning permission etc".
Spurs made a planning application for their new stadium, some housing, and a supermarket. It was heard and approved by Haringey's Planning Committee over seven months ago on 28 September 2010. (I sat on it as a substitute.)
You can watch the meeting online as a webcast. You can also access all the documents online on the Council's website. The reference numbers are: HGY/2010/1000; HGY/2010/1001; HGY/2010/1002; HGY/2010/1003.
So what you may have read or heard is simply and factually incorrect. In any case planning applications are not a matter of being 'co-operative' or 'uncooperative'. The members of the Planning Committee cannot be 'whipped'; and are required to consider the application in front of them and to reach a decision purely on what are called "material planning grounds".
(Tottenham Hale ward councillor)
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Thanks Alan but notwithstanding that what will they do if they move?
Are there plans for a development without a stadium?
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Permalink Reply by alex on
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The grounds are in an area of green / open space deficiency, so a park for local kids to play in and residents to enjoy should be on the cards as part of the land use. It's a rare opportunity for this to happen with the amount of land they've managed to collect. I seem to remember David Lammy saying something in the local paper a while back about including a park.
Open space deficiency map - see p16/20 on the link or p134 of the document.
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There I can't help you. Though it's a very interesting question since Spurs' application to the High Court gives a further indication that the club's owners are determined to leave Tottenham.
Of course, this may be a negotiating ploy. Or perhaps a Cruyff turn; a Ronaldinho flip-flap; or even a Daniel Levy 360º Spin.
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Laugh as loudly as you wish. Mr Hoyle. It happens to be the law of the land.
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This is how it works.
For Council meetings the whips tell us in writing how to vote. For most other meetings there is no whipping.
Legally, members of Planning and Licensing Committees cannot be whipped. They do not 'obey' because there are no 'orders'.
Occasionally I'm asked to sit on a Planning Committee as a substitute. The party whips don't even drop a vague hint about 'the right' way. The only thing they're likely to say is: "Sorry it's so late, but so-and-so is ill. Can you sub?"
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On your third point, there's some further information on the Council's website here.
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