Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
They’re finally listening—and this has become a hot topic.
Thanks to Anna (Labour councillor) and Zena (Labour councillor) from Labour Party, improving air quality around grill restaurants has now been added to the manifesto—a major breakthrough. The Green Party have also shown support, making clear they want to put residents and the community before profit.
There are also early signs that something may be shifting—pollution levels seem to have eased slightly in recent weeks. Whether that’s a coincidence or a result of increased attention, it’s a step in the right direction.
However, the 5–7pm peak remains completely unacceptable. As we head into warmer weather, residents should be able to open windows, enjoy their gardens, and spend time outdoors—without being exposed to harmful fumes.
Clean air is not a luxury. It’s a basic right.
Give residents the right to breathe. People over profit.
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Permalink Reply by Alice B
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A lot of people are still asking for a meeting with the relevant officers to understand
(1) why this has been ignored for so long,
(2) actions and timescale to solve the problem to address,
(3) safety advice - especially to protect our children's lungs
I hope this meeting is arranged soon!
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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MUMS for lungs:
Public Health needs to be a priority meaningful to individual residents.
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Well done. I'm assuming these levels of pollution are above those used by the Council to justify the introduction of the School Street restrictions. If so, it will be difficult for the council to justify a failure to intervene again so long as they have the necessary powers.
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Permalink Reply by kotkas
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Nothing has changed, other than maybe atmospheric conditions. The council is absolutely useless - it’s been 14 suffocating years for the community and all we get is how they will monitor and raise the issue. Kafkaeqsue nightmare.
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IF, after 7 May, the Party of the current Ruling Group are able to continue as the Council Majority Group, then the likelihood is surely that this issue, plus traffic and possibly others, will return to the back-burner.
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Permalink Reply by Declan
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These levels will also increase drastically when the renovated Antepilliar restaurant is reopened.
Its closure for renovation is probably a factor in the decrease in levels also.
I notice from discarded litter that they are one of the few restaurants to still insist on using plastic bags.
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Here's the breathelondon data (https://www.breathelondon.org/sensors/sensor-profile?device=14672) from this weekend and last weekend. For those who haven't been following, this is from a monitor on Pemberton Road. Aside from being sponsored by the Mayor of London, the data is 'cleaned' to prevent outliers by Imperial College London.
The data clearly show evening peaks in particulates, even if you don't physically notice them.
As far as I can tell from my communications with them, the council are sticking to the line of 'we don't have the money to fix it' with a bit of 'there's nothing to see here' and a dash of trying to foist the responsibility onto the people they are supposed to be looking after, to report it to a portal that looks to me like a form for problems that can't be solved.Does anyone remember the film Brazil? It's a bit like that.
A statutory nuisance does not require an annual average to be breached. It only requires proof that an activity (the grill smoke) is causing a material interference with the use and enjoyment of a person's home, or is prejudicial to health, during the time it is happening.
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