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 ReadingCrouch End, the future takes shape
Crouch End Retail Survey January 2022 Last year the annual survey of the High Street had a definite sense of foreboding, but from the vantage point of December 2021 the pandemic seems, if anything, notable for the lack of visible
Continue ReadingHigh street evolution: signposts
We don’t know when a return to normality for the economy will appear, but like the rest of you, there’s one key indicator we’re in the habit of checking: the high street. Green shoots and all that, there’s a good
Continue ReadingAll roads lead to Haringey, *again*
High Time for the Crouch End Spring Streaterie Highway 2021 Revisited. We’re reminded not to let a good blog go gently. The following was originally published in May 2020. We didn’t think much has changed so you get to see
Continue ReadingCrouch End click and collect – town centre retail survey December 2020
Challenging and strange times, and uncertain and worrying prospects for local businesses. As a result our annual look at the condition of the high street somewhat fails to capture the reality of the moment – with fewer changes than usual
Continue ReadingHigh street use classes – all change from September 1st
People may have noticed there’s revolution in the air in the world of planning. Permitted Development rights are extended, permission in principle is the government’s preference, and the entire system of planning applications and development management looks to see the
Continue ReadingHaringey – Wake up and smell the café
Are you ready for summer? All roads lead to Haringey, part 3. The remit for Neighbourhood Forums calls for the representation not only of the interests of residents, but local businesses too, and we’re facing a difficult moment for a
Continue ReadingAll roads lead to Haringey, part 2
Fasten the safety belts For Haringey announcement and update, June 2nd, see below. We posted a couple of weeks ago about Haringey’s role in re-starting the local economy and taking steps to improve travel and the pressure is building. Above
Continue Reading#LiveableCrouchEnd is dead – long live Liveable Crouch End @CllrKirsten @CllrSeema @luke_harrison @HaringeyLiving @CETraders
Summary This post examines the merits of a change to increase public open space in the centre of Crouch End both in light of the Covid-19 infection and more generally. This change has long been proposed under the heading of
Continue ReadingLiveable Crouch End – suspended animation
Liveable Crouch End on hold Suspended, on hold, stunned and shuffled off. But fear not, no sooner than news emerges of the TfL cessation of all project spending commitments, than a raft of uncannily similar measures rises again. So, closed
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