The Selby Centre: latest news

Plans to transform the Selby Centre in Tottenham into a brand new ‘urban village’ with state-of-the art community facilities have received a huge boost after the council and the Selby Trust were awarded £20 million of new funding.

The money, which is the single largest in London, comes from the latest round of the levelling up fund, with councils and organisations across the country sharing a £2.1bn pot.

The scheme will provide 4,820 sqm of multi-purpose office space, a new community café, a community hall, soft play area and creche, health and care spaces, a boxing club for young people and the provision of a Credit Union on site, to support low-income residents in responsible and accessing affordable finance.

Bull Lane Playing Field will be transformed into revitalised sports and leisure hub with a four-court sports hall, floodlit full-sized artificial grass pitch for football and rugby, two junior grass football pitches, an artificial non-turf cricket pitch and multi-use games area.

An inclusive new community park will also be created to promote health and wellbeing and will include a new adventure playground, communal planting and food growing areas and new paths to encourage active travel and improve connectivity.

The new Selby Centre, sports and leisure facilities, park and improved connections are part phase 1 of the scheme. Phase 2 will include the development of 215 much-needed new homes, further improvements to sports fields and the creation of wider strategic links to connect the site with the surrounding area.

You can view the funding bid below. Some financially sensitive information has been redacted:

• Haringey and Selby Centre Levelling Up Fund bid (PDF, 5MB)