Artist's impression of Clarendon development comparative building heights. (click to enlarge)
The meeting was attended by 25 residents and 4 speakers from St William who are developing the former gasworks site currently known as the Heartlands. The speakers each gave a presentation about their work and they all answered questions.
St William present the development plan.
The development will be known as Clarendon. There is planning permission for a total of over 1600 flats and detailed planning permission for the first 616 flats to be built in the south of the site.
The first blocks will be erected near the railway and the aim is for occupation to begin in November 2020. National Grid expect to have completed their gas pressure reduction building by December 2018. The central parkland feature between the railway wall and Hornsey Park Road will be completed at the same time as the first blocks.
Mary Neuner Road will be replanned and the S bend softened. Negotiations between Haringey and Transport for London will decide whether a bus route will be provided.
The development has no street parking and underground parking for only 400 vehicles. St William are committed to a high standard of design for Mary Neuner Road, including raised areas for speed reduction and the same will be provided for the area of Hornsey Park Road adjacent to pedestrian access i.e. through the lime trees, which will remain.
The park will be a public space with children's play area, seating and a water feature. It will be maintained by St William.
The development consists of 33% affordable homes, which are a mixture of 1,2, and 3 bedroom flats rented and managed through a housing association, and flats for part rent/part buy.
The second stage will begin building in the north of the site in April 2019. Detailed plans have not yet been submitted. This will be a dense development with possibly a 19 story tower block. There will also be commercial development including a children's nursery, a cafe/community centre and possibly a health centre.
Co-chair Marcus Ballard introduces the St William staff
The development will take 12 years to be completed. At peak, there will be 600 workers on site. Haringey require a quota of employing local contractors and labour and apprentices. Cladding material used will be non-combustible in accordance with expected legislation
St William will pay £33 million to Haringey for this scheme.
A further information meeting with St William team will take place under the lime trees on Saturday am 17 November.
After some discussion about tactics to secure de-culverting the Moselle the meeting ended.
AGM will be Wednesday 7 November 2018.
£11 was collected
Download minutes as PDF: General meeting 26 sept 2018
Our report on the first Wood Green Summit, organised on Zoom by the Wood Green Business Improvement District. After the grandiosity of the Heartlands developments might Haringey be discovering a sense of proportion?
The loss of trees is becoming an issue locally. The wonderful false acacia at the junction of Mayes Road and Coburg Road was removed because it ‘had a fungus’ - just in time for the planning application to build on the petrol station site beside it.
Photo: The gardening team – John. Ben, Polly and John – out on a Saturday morning
Life on Hornsey Park Road has been plagued with problems including noise, pollution and crumbling pavements, on top of this there appears to be a lack of strategic vision for the future. Council Leader Peray Ahmet and a few of her fellow councillors came to discuss the issues with our representatives.
Eight of us got out before the rain last Saturday. We cut back a lot of growth at the Lavender Garden ready for winter. Most of what we cleared has now gone down for composting. By John Miles
Sometime in the next week or so the work on Mayes Road will near completion. It will be a new benchmark for the look and feel of our neighbourhood and enhance its biodiversity. (photo: Luke 'Duke' Newcombe)
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