Housing hopes for Crouch End? Questionnaire, summer 2019
Crouch End is growing. Few significant vacant, brown-field sites remain, and July should see construction work commence at the Town Hall and the ex-Kwik Fit site on Tottenham Lane. So, will the market solve all our housing problems? Or are
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall – contractors on site July
News reaches the Forum of Crouch End’s other grand project, Hornsey Town Hall, now moving (at long last) into the construction phase. (*all structural construction images courtesy Heyne Tillett Steel, planning apps) On Friday, developer FEC issued the first
Continue ReadingHaringey ward map re-drawn – Crouch End found
The Boundary Commission have published the draft ward map recommendations for Haringey. EDIT: The various submissions are also now available, see below. For the Forum this will mean three less councillors to deal with as Muswell Hill ward disappears from
Continue ReadingLiveable Crouch End summer season – update May 2019
Liveable Crouch End – the scheme to improve local travel and the liveability of the neighbourhood – is gradually moving through the preparatory stages, and after a reasonably comprehensive effort to gauge local opinion Haringey have now published their initial consultation findings:
Continue ReadingEarl Haig plans, update May 2019
As people will know the Earl Haig was sold to a property company in January, the pub immediately closed, the building placed on the market. A month or so ago a planning application (HGY/2019/1026) for change of use, containing new
Continue ReadingCrouch End retail in the Doldrums? – January to May 2019
Retail Survey For the past few years, the Forum has conducted a retail survey looking at openings, closures and the balance of types of business in our well sized district centre. The most recent was in December 2018 with the
Continue Reading£900,000 boost for Crouch End. Can you help us spend it?
Community Infrastructure Levy – a £900,000 investment in Crouch End All new large residential developments in Crouch End have to pay the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), to Haringey Council. This money is paid to mitigate the negative impacts of development
Continue ReadingAnnual General Meeting 2019, Agenda & Nominations
CROUCH END NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM 2019 AGM SUNDAY 31st MARCH 1.00 – 3.15 PM HORNSEY LIBRARY Original Gallery, Haringey Park N8 9JA ● With a presentation by Haringey’s project consultants on ‘Liveable Crouch End’, the major new transport and street infrastructure project for
Continue ReadingCommittee membership – call for nominations, 2019
Tireless local champion or just a Crouch End enthusiast? Do you think you can get involved? If you’re interested in local planning and development, in heritage, housing, the environment, town centre or local infrastructure, there are 15 places on the
Continue ReadingRing Road shock for Crouch End*
Astonished Crouch Enders are reeling, faced with a radical, far-reaching – but hugely disruptive – ring road plan aiming to sever central Crouch End from through traffic. Bulldozing its way through surrounding streets, the proposal aims to deliver a town
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