Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
St Ann's hospital demolition and construction process - last days of consultation!
There has been previous discussion of the St Ann's hospital development, but I don't think there had been coverage of the current consultation on the demolition process.
The council planning page on the project is here, including two demolition documents - the 'demolition and construction logistics plan' (CLP) and the Demolition Environmental Management Plan (EMP)
Bizarrely, the CLP mentions St Anns primary school as a 'constraint', but not Chestnuts primary school (which is opposite the site!).
The site will be operational in the following hours, with 1 hour before & after for set up etc:
- Monday to Friday 8.00am - 6.00pm
- Saturday 8.00am - 1.00pm
The demolition phase is March - November 2023, with construction from October 2023 - October 2026; this will mean a lot of lorries over a period of 3.5 years, so will inevitably affect a lot of people.
The Gardens Residents association is working on a response - I think the deadline is the 17th November - but this is not a very straightforward process.
I haven't been directly involved, but I thought that it was important that more people were made aware of this issues.
Tags for Forum Posts: 'st, anne's, hospital', lorries, planning, traffic
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Permalink Reply by Michele on
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Just to add Vehicular access directly opposite Chestnuts School, on St Ann's Rd, will be created for demolition and construction and this will be permanent.
Although Chestnuts Primary School is mentioned in the comprehensive list of sensitive receptors in the Demolition Environmental Management plan (p6) it is not mentioned at all in the Demolition and Construction Logistics Plan where the challenges are listed (p6). Very odd!
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You are absolutely right above this. I don't think that the school or local parents were properly consulted.
Haringey’s Air Quality Action Plan 2019-2024 notes that ‘air pollution particularly affects the most vulnerable in society: children and older people, and those with heart and lung conditions.’ There is a ‘strong correlation with equalities issues.. areas with poor air quality are also often the less affluent areas’ (p.2).
St Ann’s Ward is one such area. The loss of trees and shrubs along St Ann’s Road will directly impact on schoolchildren at Chestnuts Primary School, which is located directly opposite the site. Trees play a vital role in mitigating air pollution, particulate matter and pollutants; the loss of green canopy opposite the school will make local air quality worse.
A main entry point for construction vehicles is planned for opposite the reception playground of Chestnuts Primary School– as a permanent entrance for the site. During the development phase 500 lorries per month will enter the site - almost 30 per day for 3 years. The current plan does not assess or contain plans to minimise the air pollution, noise and road safety risks for our children.
The creation of 106 new parking spaces for the development will further increase local traffic congestion, contradicting the Council’s shift towards Active Travelthrough walking and cycling, and the new LTN in the St Ann’s area. Friends of St Ann's Green Spaces is calling on Haringey to lead on green travel by making St Ann’s New Neighbourhood a car-free housing development.
You can still object on Haringey's Planning Portal here
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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Parking for all homes
Today I picked up a leaflet posted through my door, where the developers of "North Gate Park" have listed "Parking for all homes", as one of six advantages of buying New build (rather than "second hand".
It was regrettable enough losing such a large green space, but Haringey Council then had to add insult to injury, by foisting 106 new car parking spaces into the middle of the Borough. This additional capacity can only lead to more car ownership, more car use, more air pollution.
The Planning Department's recommendation to permit was fully compliant with their developer-cosy practices, as well as the Highway Department's pro-car, pro-car ownership, pro-car parking policies, practices and strategies.
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However, "parking for all homes" conflicts with the long-time Labour Council's other claims, policies and strategies for ~
- Active Travel
- air pollution goals
- car free developments
- promotion of public transport
- their long-shelved Declaration of a climate emergency
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Will new Green governance be able to deliver better on the environment?
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With 995 planned apartments/households, 106 spaces doesn't sound a great number. Not everyone can use a bicycle, Clive. It's other people, you see... not just you. Most have the ability to hold others in their minds.
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MOST readers have the ability to notice that the council's agreed 106 new parking spaces … appears inconsistent with "Parking for all homes" Parking for 995 homes?
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Ok, so this is another addition to a series of whinges that have no basis in fact and rest entirely on your misinterpretations and animus? Like your accusation that the council was lying with the air pollution statistics (the officer explained in the meeting why they were different). Or when you baselessly accused the officers of not caring about issues around Green Lanes because none live in the area (while presumably writing from Stroud Green). Give it a rest Clive. Your signal to noise ratio is appalling, and it is no surprise that you found it so difficult to have productive relationships with officers while a councillor.
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Not everyone can use a bicycle
This is both a truism and a straw man argument, often typical of petrol-head resistance to cycling provision.
Where did anyone claim that everyone can or should use a bicycle?
Because not everyone can use a bicycle, it does not follow that everyone should use cars: public transport suffers due to the council's tacit and not so tacit support for private car use and ownership. Perhaps the Greens will take action.
Thanks for your attention Jamie; I trust you're managing to keep cool!
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