Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Why has work stopped on the West Green Road Council Housing scheme?
Given that we have both a housing and cost of living crisis (and further that Haringey is an unaffordable area to anyone on average or local authority wages) it seems mad to me that a scheme to provide 46 Council homes 'soon' has been stopped half built for half a year. The reinforced concrete framework went up last year plus a few bits of insulation and brickwork but since then nothing. This is a scheme between Haringey Council and the Paul Simon Magic group but perhaps the magic has gone. Does anyone know why?
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Permalink Reply by jp quethiock on
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Sabrina, no, I have not written to the council as I have no wish to receive the usual blandishments. The problem is quite clearly that private developers will not give priority to schemes that don't make them fast easy money and the council don't have the wit to put penalty clauses into deals with developers.
However, I have written to David Lammy MP and Angela Rayner, housing minister, and copied in councillor Sarah Williams who is supposedly in charge of Haringey housing. Doubtless they will offer the usual or maybe some unusual blandishments but at least I've push it up the food chain
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Permalink Reply by Inkjetpack on
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Have been told by the council that the work on Cornwall Road has stopped because the contractor went bust. Asked what the plan was to finish the work and didn’t get a proper answer, doesn’t appear to be any contract management in place. They promised to send out a newsletter to local residents with further updates about current events and completion timelines twice, but nothing has appeared in the last months.
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If you like, you could ask again through a FOI. That way they must reply properly
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Ha.
That way they should reply properly.
The reality is sadly different.
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No reply from the Councillor responsible for Haringey Housing but a lovely bland letter back from the Housing Minister's office signed by someone who uses only the name Harry. Copy attached. But David Lammy's office asked if I would like the MP to take this up with the Leader of the Council to which I assented. I wait with, well, not bated breath.
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I thought I would give a new year's update on the West Green Road stalled social housing development and also that of the London mayor's on Cornwall Road N15.
With regard to the former I wrote to David Lammy and on the 4th November last year his office agreed he would take it up with the Leader of the Council at their next meeting. I have heard nothing since.
With regard to the Cornwall Road London Mayor's development, on which all work stopped last February, I wrote to my London Assembly Member and her staff agreed on the 28th November last to look into the matter. No reply since but walking past the site yesterday I saw a Thames Water threat of bailliffs' action letter addressed to a company in amongst the rubbish at the entrance to the site. Another developer gone AWOL I guess. I also guess that the social housing crisis is not that high on many an agenda.
Happy New Year.
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