traffic survey was brought up and apparently this would cost about £100,000 for the whole ward to be looked at by independent survey consultants. So where to go for funding?
Haringey People magazine mentioned in its latest issue that Highways have received a significant boast in funding from the govt to £5m. Perhaps we should be knocking on their door or, I should say, an elected community representative should be.…
car car-park they were building. How they got that one by the planners is a mystery to me - unfortunately it was before the days of HoL and our local efforts to fight the development failed.
No doubt the Crouch End/Hornsey lobbies will be out in force again to campaign against the Sainsbury's. Last time it was mooted I was asked many times to sign a petition against building another supermarket in the area - I always said I would as long as that person swore never to drive through Harringay on their way to our local Sainsbury's.…
insbury's opens as they will all close down one by one. Large events in Finsbury Park will cause massive traffic problems in the area. Anybody who has ever been to Finsbury Park Tube Station will know how difficult the access to the platforms is, no escalators or lifts only stairs which would be very danger with crowds. Do any of the Council members ever use Finsbury Park tube- if they have they would be only too aware of the danger with huge crowds there.
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ips to the recycling centre (usually to drop off garden stuff, and usually in the car) - one trip to Arena and I'm pretty sure my blood would be boiling ..…
Hornsey High Street .
I support the idea of making better use of this under utilised site, creating more permeability across the site and of providing additional housing and workspace. However as it stands these benefits will be totally eclipsed by the detrimental impact that the Sainsbury's supermarket will have on the development of this site, the High Street and the wider area.
Some of the key objections are:
- The size of the supermarket is totally out of scale with character of Hornsey High Street as a local retail centre.
- The existing 1930s bath building which is an integral part of the Hornsey High Street Conservation Area, is to be demolished and replaced by a large traffic junction such as the one constructed as part of the New River Village Development which will break the continuity of the High Street.
- The heart of the site will be dominated by a car park which will be an eyesore
- A Sainsbury's of this size in the area will put further pressure on independent retailers in Hornsey and Crouch End.
- The traffic generated by the supermarket and the additional of a traffic junction on the High Street will bring traffic into the area and cause congestion.
This model of supermarket development may be appropriate to business parks or suburban locations, but is not suitable for high street locations such as Hornsey. Apart from anything else there is no need for another Sainsbury's - they already have large stores 1.4 miles away in Muswell Hill in one direction and 1.7miles in Harringay in the other. In addition to this there is a already a Tescos on the high street and a Waitrose, Tescos, Budgens and Marks and Spencers within 1 mile in Crouch End and a large Morrison 1.2miles away in Wood Green.
I think there needs to be a well organised campaign against the development in its current form.
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destrian free high road means a congested area more than it is now but with no improvement to the shopping offer or viability.
Living on HPR, it took me around 5 minutes to even pull out of my space to get on the road and then I was stuck for 10 minutes in traffic. I don't live very far (100 or so metres) from the junction. Even with the new road which could offer some improvement, the traffic stacks at each end, a bit like the inadequate car park exit routes by sainsburys at manor house!…
combined with other local developments will be enormous.
Take:
1 measure of Arena Shopping Centre
1 measure of extended Sainsbury's
1 measure of new Sainsbury's in Hornsey High Street
1 measure of Haringey Heartlands
1 measure of huge expansion over in Tottenham Hale (See London Plan)
Mix for a while and whaddya get?
(Mmmm........we probably oughtn't to forget what's going to happen at Ally Pally once the mess gets sorted.)
Still with flabber wot's completely ghasted.
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