The plans include the construction of a 22-storey tower which will comprise 100 of the new homes. Three other buildings will provide the remaining homes as well as a new primary school with capacity for 420 pupils and a number of start-up business units. The Council said it expects the scheme to create 75 new jobs.
The scheme will be developed by Newlon Housing Trust, which will also manage the completed development.
The Council's Unitary Development Plan and its emerging Local Plan Strategic Policies designate the development site for employment use. However, the Council's planning officers said in their report (225-page / 3.85MB PDF) to the committee that the site is also part of an 'Area of Change' in the Tottenham High Road Regeneration Corridor. It said that developments that "contribute to the regeneration of the High Road are supported in policy terms".
The officers said that the development would provide "much-needed new community infrastructure notwithstanding that the main uses are not primarily for an employment use consistent with its statutory development plan designation".
“I am pleased that this development has been approved, further demonstrating the council’s commitment to the long-term regeneration of Tottenham," said the Council's cabinet member for economic development, Alan Strickland in a statement.
“The new primary school will create hundreds of vital places for Haringey’s children, while many new jobs and affordable homes are also set to be created,” he said.
The grant of planning permission is subject to any direction from the Mayor of London. If approved, the Council said it plans for the school to open in 2015.
