Haringey refuse planning permission for triple Turkish

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Permalink Reply by Peter Corley on November 2, 2018 at 10:01

Elizabeth Adams writes:
I agree with Michael that more has to be done to encourage a wider mix of businesses, but unfortunately Haringey Council is only just beginning to understand the word 'enforcement'. Also I think the impact of online shopping is overestimated. There have been articles in the press recently saying that people still prefer, on the whole, to look at things before they buy and try clothes on, etc. - there's also the hassle of having to be at home when deliveries are made and that of returning the goods if unsuitable.

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Permalink Reply by Adrian Hackney on November 2, 2018 at 10:58

Michael Anderson - I once knew what was acceptable and what not, but I am coming to have a broader outlook. And as for enforcement, Haringey is a bit slack, and it only has powers of prevention. While it might be able to prevent the Turkish restaurant expanding, if this results in an empty unit it cannot enforce that that unit become a green grocer, or a hardware store or a model shop selling little warrior figures that you can paint as you please, or a haberdashers or Quill-Pens'R-Us.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on November 2, 2018 at 19:13

To an extent it can.  The Use Classes order defines the types of business that can operate.  While this order can not decide what kind of things a shop can sell it can be used to try and deliver a healthy mix of uses in a high street.  At the moment A2, A3, and  A5 dominate Green Lanes

1. Class A1 – shops and retail outlets.
2. Class A2 – professional services.
3. Class A3 – food and drink.
4. Class A4 – drinking establishments.
5. Class A5 – hot food and takeaway.
6. Class B1 – business.
7. Class B2 - general industrial use.
8. Class B3 – special industrial group A.

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