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[To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Housing and Regeneration. Report of the Tottenham Director.] Cabinet to consider details of the Council's approach to delivering a district centre at Tottenham Hale.

The Cabinet Member for Housing and Regeneration introduced the report which set out a number of proposals in relation to the regeneration of Tottenham Hale. Cabinet noted that the District Centre Framework (DCF) was a masterplan demonstrating how the Council would fulfil its ambitions to deliver 5000 new homes and 4000 new jobs. The District Centre Framework also showed how Tottenham Hale would be transformed into a town centre with a range of new commercial, retail, leisure and entertainment uses.

The Cabinet Member advised that a whole range of consultations, both formally and through informal workshops had been undertaken with local residents to ensure that the reports presented to Cabinet reflected the views of the local community. The Cabinet Member further advised that the aim was to deliver a holistic programme of regeneration to the area and to that effect, there were a number of sub-strategies that sat under the District Centre Framework; such as a Meanwhile Plan, a Green Spaces Strategy and a Test Project approach to ensure that innovative projects and new initiatives were brought to the area.

The Cabinet Member thanked officers for their continuing hard work to bring this significant report forward following work with residents over the last two years. 

In response to Cllr Engert’s question as to why it was proposed to delegate authority to approve the final versions of a number of key documents to officers, and not the Cabinet Member, it was noted the decisions would be taken with the Cabinet Member’s knowledge and information. A pragmatic approach was being taken to delegate final amendments to officers following Cabinet approval. 

In response to Cllr Engert’s question a how the local communities concerns about issues such as a lack of GP’s and community infrastructure would be addressed as developments came forward, the report set out that the District Centre Framework was clearly linked to the Area Action Plan and the key principles of the DCF were embedded within the Area Action Plan for the area. These principles were backed up with hard Planning policy.

RESOLVED

1.    To adopt the Tottenham Hale District Centre Framework as the council’s delivery framework for Tottenham Hale for the reasons set out in paragraphs 4.3 – 4.9 of the report, and which can also be found in full in appendix 3 of the report.

2.    To note the draft delivery strategies listed below and grant delegated authority to the Tottenham Programme Director, in consultation with the Assistant Director for Environmental Services and Community Safety and Assistant Director of Planning, to approve the final version as the council’s delivery strategy for Streets and Spaces and Green and Open Spaces:

              i.        Tottenham Hale Streets and Spaces Strategy for the reasons set out in paragraphs 4.10-4.15 of the report and which can also be found in full in appendix 5 hereto.

             ii.        Tottenham Hale Green and Open Spaces Strategy for the reasons set out in paragraphs 4.16 and 4.19 of the report and which can be found in full in appendix  ...  view the full minutes text for item 197