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Tottenham Hotspur wins planning appeal shootout with council

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has won a planning appeal after a drawn-out dispute with Haringey Council over a site near its new stadium.

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An aerial view of the Goods Yard site, which is located adjacent to White Hart Lane
An aerial view of the Goods Yard site, which is located adjacent to White Hart Lane
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Tottenham Hotspur has won a planning appeal after a drawn-out dispute with Haringey Council over a site near its new stadium #ukhousing

Spurs plans to build 330 new homes on the Goods Yard site, 35% of which will be affordable, as well as new retail and office space and a new public space fronting White Hart Lane.

The club, which unveiled its new £850m stadium in April after a series of delays, also proposed that the proportion of affordable housing could rise to 40% if the scheme were to receive any grant funding from the mayor of London’s office.

Sources close to the plans told Inside Housing that the football club launched an appeal after a disagreement between it and the council over the timeline for the application.


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After the appeal was lodged, Haringey Council resolved that it would have refused the application, partly due to the lack of a Section 106 agreement.

A spokesperson for the council told Inside Housing that during the course of the inquiry by the housing secretary, it agreed a Section 106 agreement with Spurs, including the provision of social rented housing and around £1m of contributions towards “other things, community facilities and district energy”.

After this, it dropped its objection on this front and two others but still disputed the site access arrangements at White Hart Lane proposed by the club.

Vehicles needing to access the development, under the proposals, would use the same route as pedestrians and cyclists, something to which the council objected.

The housing secretary’s representative, however, decided that Spurs’ proposals were safe for pedestrians and cyclists.

A spokesperson for Spurs said: “This decision enables the club to continue what it has been doing for many years, which alongside its investment in the new stadium, is to continue the uplift of the area and the delivery of affordable housing for local people.

“We have already delivered schemes such as Berland Court (100% affordable), Cannon Road (100% affordable) and 500 White Hart Lane (25% affordable).”

Goods Yard, which is owned by Spurs, is also part of developer Lendlease’s wider plans to regenerate the area.

Update: at 14.07 on 10.7.19 This story was updated to clarify that the council and Spurs disagree over whether or not the council’s initial response to the planning application was late.

Update: at 17.15 on 10.7.19 This story was updated to remove a reference to a potential CPO as this has not yet been decided.

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