feature: Talking 'bout regeneration
12 December 2007
London 2012 may dominate the headlines, but some of London’s biggest regeneration schemes are underway here in Haringey. Haringey People takes a look.
From Tottenham Hale to Hornsey, and from Wood Green to Crouch End, a range of regeneration schemes are being developed to help create more homes, more jobs and better community facilities.
Cabinet member for regeneration and enterprise Cllr Kaushika Amin said:
“We are starting to deliver two of the biggest regeneration schemes in London at Tottenham Hale and Haringey Heartlands, while the Haringey Guarantee is beginning to have an impact in reducing unemployment.
“But this is just part of a wider picture. What we ultimately want to create is a borough that people are proud to live in and want to work in. That will involve everything from improving education to creating more quality arts and entertainment space around the borough.”
Haringey Guarantee
The scheme initially aims to help 275 residents into work each year, as well as helping ensure that school-leavers enter employment, further education or training. It works by local employers guaranteeing job interviews to residents who have received appropriate training, and currently operates in the 12 Haringey wards with the highest unemployment.
Tottenham Hale
A Masterplan agreed by Haringey in 2006 outlines proposals for 2,500 new homes, new jobs, and the creation of a vibrant riverfront area next to the River Lea with improvements to the road network and transport interchange. In May this year the council approved the biggest single planning application in Haringey’s history, for more than 1,200 homes, a primary school, health centre, hotel and retail units on what will be called Hale Village.
Haringey Heartlands
The scheme involves plans for up to 2,500 new homes on under-used utilities land in Wood Green and Hornsey, along with 1,500 new jobs, a new secondary school, and new business, offices and retail units over the coming decade. More than 600 new homes are being completed at New River Village in Hornsey, and a new £5 million north-south road link is being constructed.
Hornsey Town Hall
Plans for the historic Grade 2* listed building include performance and community space, facilities for young people, new business space and an upgraded Town Hall square. Selection of a development partner to work with Haringey Council and the Hornsey Town Hall Community Partnership Board is now underway.
Bernie Grant Arts Centre
The centre, first proposed by Tottenham MP and former Haringey Council leader, Bernie Grant, opened in September on the site of the former Tottenham baths. It includes a spectacular new 300-seater performance space, rehearsal rooms, café, state-of-the-art training facilities and space for 19 new creative businesses.
Tottenham High Road
Almost 10,000 square metres of upgraded or new commercial space has been provided, along with improvements to more than 50 shop fronts in Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham High Road and Park Lane, and the planned redevelopment of Tottenham Town Hall with housing, retail and community space.
For details of the council’s regeneration strategy now being finalised see www.haringey.gov.uk/regenerationstrategy.
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