A close-knit Haringey community are fighting against a controversial planning application, which has already cut down a much-loved green space.
The application made by Didier Ryan and Candice Lake to build a three bedroom home, is yet to be decided by Haringey Council.
Mr Didier told City News that he’s just trying to build a family home near his children’s school.
My application has attracted a handful of activists who are bent on pushing a narrative that I am developer destroying their peace of mind. The site is … underutilised, boarded up and within the fuller definition classed as ‘brownfield’
Ryan Didier
In documents seen by City News, the planning application states that the site “is now derelict, boarded up and devoid of trees and other vegetation.” One objection to the proposal from a local resident dismissed this claim in saying “the site currently acts as a valuable green corridor…building on it would be detrimental to the…wellbeing of the Close occupants.”
‘The distribution of housing in this country is wrong’
Professor of Housing and Planning at University College London, Nick Gallent, outlined to City News why brownfield developments can be controversial.
He says that “if there is a serious need for additional housing to meet the needs of people in Haringey or make contribution towards wider housing needs then there’s going to be a strong case for…developing those sites in a good and sustainable way.”
He goes on to add that needs for houses such as this would not be a problem if fewer people owned unoccupied second homes.
Brownfield sites are areas of land “which is or was occupied by a permanent structure”, according to the National Planning Policy Framework. The council are yet to decide whether this land is brownfield site.
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StandfirstThe site of a potential three-bedroom home between parkland and a residential area has been the subject of numerous applications since 1979.
A close-knit Haringey community are fighting against a controversial planning application, which has already cut down a much-loved green space.
The application made by Didier Ryan and Candice Lake to build a three bedroom home, is yet to be decided by Haringey Council.
Mr Didier told City News that he’s just trying to build a family home near his children’s school.
My application has attracted a handful of activists who are bent on pushing a narrative that I am developer destroying their peace of mind. The site is … underutilised, boarded up and within the fuller definition classed as ‘brownfield’
Ryan Didier
In documents seen by City News, the planning application states that the site “is now derelict, boarded up and devoid of trees and other vegetation.” One objection to the proposal from a local resident dismissed this claim in saying “the site currently acts as a valuable green corridor…building on it would be detrimental to the…wellbeing of the Close occupants.”
‘The distribution of housing in this country is wrong’
Professor of Housing and Planning at University College London, Nick Gallent, outlined to City News why brownfield developments can be controversial.
He says that “if there is a serious need for additional housing to meet the needs of people in Haringey or make contribution towards wider housing needs then there’s going to be a strong case for…developing those sites in a good and sustainable way.”
He goes on to add that needs for houses such as this would not be a problem if fewer people owned unoccupied second homes.
Brownfield sites are areas of land “which is or was occupied by a permanent structure”, according to the National Planning Policy Framework. The council are yet to decide whether this land is brownfield site.
