Shopfronts — garish and gutted, enforcement pending?
There’s growing concern about the Crouch End high street as a rash of ripped out shopfronts and new depressing, over-lit, poorly designed, cheapjack signage is driving a coach and horses through the conservation area and damaging the local economy. It’s
Continue ReadingWaitrose – Up on the Roof
Another upwards extension gets the planning go-ahead, this time on top of Waitrose (which is to say the 1950s Woolworths) overlooking the clock tower. Not that Waitrose own the building. 3 flats, campanologists preferred. As posted previously (Crouch End Going
Continue ReadingIn Planning – Floral Hall
Just when Crouch End thought the recent redevelopment of the town centre might be coming to a close (Tottenham Lane and Hornsey Town Hall, we’re looking at you) along comes a slew of new proposals. Proposals even in places you
Continue ReadingIn Planning Jan 2022 – Crouch End going up, part 1 Broadway Court
Broadway Court, adorned. Image credits: c/o planning submissions, Haringey planning portal. Crouch End’s residential developments continue to arrive, year after year, and everyone’s focus in 2022 will undoubtedly fall upon the (finally) completing Tottenham Lane flats, and of course the
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall Square and the case of the disappearing paving
UPDATE 13th January. HTH write to say – “At the time of writing, we expect the granite paving to be removed from the site w/c 24th January and the replacement York Stone to commence from 8th February. This should
Continue ReadingGreen space in Park Road under threat
Image: Haringey’s proposal for Park Road. UPDATE: The proposal for flats and houses received planning permission despite many objections (particularly about the loss of trees) in March 2022. To wit: Demolition of garages and removal of parking area and erection
Continue ReadingBT demand prime advertising spot on the Town Hall Square
Image from the application, with kiosk replaced (phone boxes 3 & 4 just out of shot). Imagine things without the temporary hoardings. UPDATE JUNE 2022: The Planning Inspector says “Appeal Dismissed*”, so that’s the end of the line for the
Continue ReadingIn Planning – Crouch End, February 2021
Another periodic look at significant local residential developments. Densification we believe it’s called – and on and on it goes. Images: drawings from Haringey planning portal, photos, CENF. Tottenham Lane We’re in the latter stages of the Tottenham Lane
Continue ReadingTown Hall Square design (a recap)
Here’s an issue that often comes up: the new square. It’s clearly an important matter for the community – and, we think, one for the local economy too. The hoardings are due to come down this summer. We thought a quick
Continue ReadingCrouch End conservation update
The current bloom of restoration work across Crouch End appears to be spreading: activity at our most important building, Hornsey Town Hall, is underway, the building now mummified in plastic; while the overhaul of Hornsey Central Library is due to
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