Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Big development planned for edge of railway lines in N15.
There's a major new development proposed for an 'unused' area bordering the railway lines at Seven Sisters and South Tottenham.
HGY/2012/2241
Land at Plevna Crescent and Ermine Road N15
“Proposal: Erection of 158 residential (1-3 bedroom) flats and terraced housing (3 bedroom), together with the regeneration and enhancement of an existing ecological corridor, and landscaping scheme with associated parking and necessary infrastructure. Outline application with some matters reserved”.
It's called 'regeneration' which is odd. 'Enhancement' is worrying. I've often wondered how to get into the green space that you get glimpses of in walking along this end of Seven Sisters Road, behind Wickes, that you can see from the railway line. Now it seems it has been spotted as a prime development site. The details on the planning portal are a bit skimpy and maybe it will be a super-sensitive gentle exercise in adding necessary housing. Maybe it won't. Those of you who see the green corridors along both the east-west and north-south railways, enjoy them while you can.
As they include red squirrels in their illustrations of their knowledge of local wildlife, I am just a little concerned that eg trees with preservation orders on the site may be doomed.
Residents heard loud noises at dusk for several days before the bat survey took place, then funnily enough they only saw one bat.
It's that famous area on Google Maps with a plane parked on it.
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Tags for Forum Posts: N15, development, green corridor, plevna crescent, railway
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Permalink Reply by William Booth on
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Sorry, yes. That too.
I know I sound like a broken record on this, but building private housing without providing the infrastructure and services that the putative residents require should simply not be allowed.
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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This is 50% 'affordable' which has become a misleading synonym for social housing. ie get a mortgage for half and pay rent on half. No homes fit for heroes.
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It's a big change for the area, so is there to be a big public meeting, isn't this the law? Otherwise people have till 19th December to comment on the planning portal, and that's it. I've not had a notice through my door though I'm 100 yards away and regard this as a local amenity. What would be good to know is what is the attitude of LBH powerbodies to this proposed development - especially as the Council Leader and the Cabinet Member for Finance and Carbon Reduction are ward reps.
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Permalink Reply by Laurence Marson on
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Lots of discussion on this one.
I lived in Culvert Rd just accross Seven Sisters from the railway lands, at that time these lands were covered in Allotments, Mr Smith at #1 used to sell his produce from a box on his window sill and you would pay by dropping the money in a jar , also on the window sill.
As a kid I went to Markfield School and to save time on the way home from school I would climb over the fence to the railway embankment on The High Rd, run over the lands now set for development and save myself at least 2 minutes on the way home, while dodging trains and Allotment owners.
Apart from the plane now parked there, it looks quite wooded, Tottenham is too overcrowded as it is, leave the place alone.
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Allotments, that's the answer, just as long as the trees are protected. LBH has a waiting list for its waiting list. If land is needed, how about the space taken by the derelict factory in Bernard Road, an eyesore and irritant for at least ten years?
Was Markfield School what's now Crowland School, or Gladesmore, or somewhere else altogether?
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THIRDED!
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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It seems just right for a helipad for the Muswell Hill - Seven Sisters koberkraft commute.
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This would be such a perfect site for a Railway Fields type 'development'.
If the good people of Harringay (especially the small ones) are entitled to such a resource, are those in Seven Sisters really less deserving? This could be a perfect test of Localism, with the potential to pull in a lot of volunteers.
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Permalink Reply by ElleCarumba on
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it doesn't appear to being used for much at the moment
Given the dire housing crisis in London, I can't get too sentimental over building some much-needed homes on some waste land. I'd like an allotment but I'd like one day to be able to live in my own flat and not be perpetually living in rented flatshares more.
Yes, the housing built should be of good quality and yes, the necessary public services such as schools must also be built. I wonder how many people calling for it to become allotments or remain unused already own their own home?
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The area to the west is fenced off. 'Unused' is how it's described, but that is from a developer's point of view. Every scrap of space, brown or green, is being concreted over especially in this half of the borough.
Yes I own my own flat, but for 50 years I didn't and lived in a succession of rented rooms and at one time for a short while, in my car. I'm not opposed to new build per se and decent conversions of big old houses. Near to me are two new small runs of new housing that have replaced some scuzzy garages, and 1940's prefabs, and they are just fine. There just has to be a balancing of housing need with the need for 'unused' space to keep people sane. Skimming around Google Earth shows the extreme imbalance in how much open space different areas have. Doing this makes me fear for Tottenham Marshes, I hope they are so sodden that they will not be worth building on.
I am grateful to the developers for making me go and check out this space, as it has alerted me, and hopefully others, to its potential as our own Railway Fields. If it will need volunteer input to make that happen, then I'll sign up now.
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