Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
How to throw a street party in Haringey
Picture courtesy of Flower who lived in Harringay during the war until the 1960s
Small street parties in residential roads will only cost £80 and can be planned with the minimum of red tape.
Parties in quiet side streets or cul de sacs, involving only the residents of a street, do not need a traffic regulation order and only require notices put up in the street.
For these kind of parties a small road can be shut for up to 8 hours.
Permission should be sought from the council at least 8 weeks prior to the party, to ensure that road works programmed in the area will not conflict with the event.
The charge of £80 is for the application, making the events' order and providing the notices to residents to display.
Haringey's Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods,Cllr Nilgun Canver, says:
"We have kept the cost of holding street parties low because we are aware that residents may well want to celebrate the royal wedding with such a celebration.
"Other residents hold annual street parties and we are happy to support events like these as they are great fun and help strengthen our communities, a factor which brings benefits for all."
Residents will be responsible for:
- consultation with other residents or businesses in the street and demonstrating majority support
- consultation with the emergency services
- putting up the event notices saying when the road will be closed and the times of the proposed closure
- provision of road closure equipment at the road closure points
- returning the road to a clean and tidy condition.
At this stage, they may also need to demonstrate public liability insurance.
It will not be possible to close a road which is a bus route, a bus diversion route, a blue light route or busier roads without a traffic management order and thus these routes are not suitable for street parties.
For more information visit the road closures webpage.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Hulbert on
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Permalink Reply by Gina O on
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Well, having organised a street party a couple of years ago I can say that it is not done with the "minimum of red tape". We had to pay £50 for liability insurance (that was cheap) and we had to get official road closed signs - another £35 to hire. Then the council told us we need a temporary event licence which was a whole load more paperwork and cost about £20. All in all we ended up having to spend nearly £200 before we'd spent a single penny on balloons or food or other party things. No-one told us anything about side streets, although ours is one. We only managed to pay for it thanks to a generous donation from an arts body. The party itself was great and we'd love to do it again but I can't see how we'd afford it
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We have held a street party in Grove Park Road N15 every August for the last 8 years. Can supply notes I was asked to write some years ago about how we did it.
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Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on
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That would be really useful resource, Susan. Thank you.
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Yes please. How much did you have to pay and how did you raise the money?
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Had to look up Grove Park Road as I'm Grove Road N15. Now I see why the taxi driver tried to turn that way on Friday night!!
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Susan - have you had a chance to dig out the notes? That would be really useful, thanks.
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I'd like to host one for this year's Big Lunch http://www.thebiglunch.com
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Apparently only two Royal wedding street parties have been booked in the whole of Haringey...and one of those isn't really for K and W's nuptials, says Stephen Moore
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Clearly made a mistake; they didn't call it the Big Royal Wedding. Tch, will they never learn.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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What wedding is this?
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If LBH had stuck to its resolve of raising the Street Party fee from £80 to £3000 for this Big Booby Wedding they'd have been £2920 in pocket. It wouldn't have deterred Dan Salem of Redston Road, and we certainly didn't need it to deter the rest of us.
Just a thought: why don't we get Dan to organise a Borough-wide Salem Witch-Burning Party season. Each ward could have its own trial and bonfire. The original Salem event wasn't confined to Salem alone. Indeed I see Ipswi(t)ch joined in with spirit and enthusiasm. Now for nominees for the limelight, do we rely on the old informal informer methods? Or should we have more formal nominations, hustings, elections etc?
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