Tottenham moving towards approval for £400m new stadium plans

Haringey Council 'committed' to keeping club in borough

18 Jun 2010 10:35:00

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New White Hart Lane design (Tottenham Hotspur FC)

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By Wayne Veysey | Chief correspondent

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Tottenham Hotspur face the next hurdle in their £400 million redevelopment of White Hart Lane next week when their re-worked masterplan is scrutinised at a public meeting.
 
As the club prepare to be grilled by residents and businesses that will be affected by the scheme, planning chiefs have told Goal.com UK that Haringey Council is “committed” to keeping Spurs in the borough.

Tottenham submitted a re-worked scheme to Haringey Council last month that it hopes will alleviate the concerns raised by conservationists about the original proposal.

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It is understood that planning officers are working towards the scheme going before the Council’s planning committee at the end of next month and hope to have a definite date within the next fortnight.

If they are unable to make a recommendation to the committee by that time, the process will be delayed until September because there are no committee meetings in August.

A Haringey Council planning source close to the Tottenham application told Goal.com UK: “Generally the council is supportive of Tottenham and committed to keeping a football club in Haringey but obviously we have to consider all aspects of the application.

“At the moment we are carrying out consultation with the strategy groups, local businesses and residents and then we make an assessment. Our recommendation will go to the planning committee and around six councillors will make the decision.”


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Supporters and residents will be given the opportunity to find out more about the 20-acre Northumberland Development Project at a development management forum next Thursday at the Haringey 6th Form Centre in White Hart Lane.

“The club will make a presentation and local people will have the chance to ask questions and find out more about the scheme,” added the source, who stressed the forum is not a decision-making meeting.

If the development, which includes a 56,250-seat stadium, a 150-bedroom hotel, 200 homes and a supermarket, is approved when it eventually goes before the council, it will not be the end of the planning process.

Before Spurs can start formulating a proposal for development, they will have to overcome a number of other hurdles, including gaining the approval of statutory organisations such as the Mayor of London and the Secretary of State.

Nevertheless, the club hope to start building work next year and have the new ‘silver ring’ stadium ready by the 2013-14 season.

The club believe they have outgrown their current home, which can hold only 36,214 fans. They have another 23,000 on the waiting list for season tickets.

Spurs’ proposal is to build a new stadium to the north of the current site. Two-thirds of the new structure will be built around the current ground while matches continue, before games switch to a pitch in the new, unfinished stadium as work is completed.

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