We Ignore How Decisions that Determine the Future of Harringay are Made at Our Peril

The key Council document that sets the framework against which important decisions are made in the borough, including planning decisions and more, is being revised and is currently out for consultation 

The Development Policies contained in this document can be used to support or obstruct planning decisions like the huge block of flats currently proposed for Hampden Road. My comments last week on this post show how important this document can be.

Here is the draft Local Plan and here is the consultation document on the development management policies. None of it is a particular joy to read, but if you plan to be around in the borough for a while, be warned anything contained in this document WILL influence your neighbourhood and borough growing into the place you hope or one one that you fear. Ignore it at your peril.

There's also another related key consultation doing the rounds at the moment. The Site Allocations Development Plan. The Council explains this plan with the following:

This document will set out the location, scale and timeframes for the key sites that will shape the borough over the next 15-20 years.

At this stage the council is welcoming the submission of sites that interested parties believe have the potential to make a positive contribution to the future of the borough. These may include (but are not limited to):

• Sites able to make a contribution to the borough’s housing stock

• Sites able to accommodate jobs and benefit Haringey’s local economy

• Sites needed to provide the infrastructure required to accommodate growth in the borough

• Sites with the potential to enhance the shopping, recreation, leisure and amenity of the borough and its local areas

You can see the Site Allocation Development plan here.

The consultation runs until 10 May 2013. Find out how to comment here.

You can attend one of the following sessions where staff will be on-hand to answer any questions:

• Wood Green Central Library, 187-197A High Road, Wood Green, N22 6XD
• Wednesday 24 April, 4pm to 7pm

If you want to get under the skin of it all with some like minds, the Haringey Federation of Residents' Associations is holding a special meeting on Wednesday Ist May, 6pm-7pm at the Civic Centre, High Rd N22.