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Tottenham Get Go-Ahead For New White Hart Lane Stadium Development
Council committee will vote on recommendation on September 30
Tottenham Hotspur’s £400 million plan to redevelop White Hart Lane has been given a huge boost after being recommended for approval by planning officials, Goal.com UK can reveal.
It is understood that the crucial report, which will be made public on Haringey Council’s website tomorrow, has given the green light to the scheme after all outstanding issues were resolved.
As revealed by Goal.com UK last week, councillors will vote on the recommendation at the next meeting of the Council’s planning committee on September 30.
If they grant their approval for the development, which includes a 56,250-seat stadium, a 150-bedroom hotel, 200 homes and a supermarket, it will not be the end of the planning process.
The final say will be left to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. He must make his decision within two weeks of the September 30 meeting.
Spurs will now feel confident that one of the most significant hurdles in the planning process has been cleared.
The Premier League club have encountered a series of setbacks with their application since presenting their original proposal to planning officers 11 months ago.
After alleviating the concerns raised by conservationists, the revised plan still needed to be amended because of transport issues relating to the building of the supermarket that is crucial to the funding of the project.
“The outstanding issue was the supermarket and the impact on the local transport network,” a source close to the Tottenham application told Goal.com UK. “The final transport study came in from Spurs on Friday and all concerns have now been resolved.”
It is believed that Spurs have an agreement with Sainsbury’s for the supermarket giant to build an 11,000 square metre megastore on the 20-acre Northumberland Park site.
The supermarket, which insiders say will be the biggest in the borough of Haringey, forms Phase 1 of the development and work could now begin on the scheme later this year while Spurs raise the finance for building the ground.
Sources say the supermarket is likely to be open within 18 months and then Tottenham can begin work on the stadium, which is Phase 2 of the development.
Given this timescale, the club’s hopes of having the new ‘silver ring’ stadium ready by the 2013-14 season seem ambitious.
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.
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.
EXCLUSIVE
By Wayne Veysey | Chief correspondent
http://www.goal.com
Council committee will vote on recommendation on September 30
Tottenham Hotspur’s £400 million plan to redevelop White Hart Lane has been given a huge boost after being recommended for approval by planning officials, Goal.com UK can reveal.
It is understood that the crucial report, which will be made public on Haringey Council’s website tomorrow, has given the green light to the scheme after all outstanding issues were resolved.
As revealed by Goal.com UK last week, councillors will vote on the recommendation at the next meeting of the Council’s planning committee on September 30.
If they grant their approval for the development, which includes a 56,250-seat stadium, a 150-bedroom hotel, 200 homes and a supermarket, it will not be the end of the planning process.
The final say will be left to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. He must make his decision within two weeks of the September 30 meeting.
Spurs will now feel confident that one of the most significant hurdles in the planning process has been cleared.
The Premier League club have encountered a series of setbacks with their application since presenting their original proposal to planning officers 11 months ago.
After alleviating the concerns raised by conservationists, the revised plan still needed to be amended because of transport issues relating to the building of the supermarket that is crucial to the funding of the project.
“The outstanding issue was the supermarket and the impact on the local transport network,” a source close to the Tottenham application told Goal.com UK. “The final transport study came in from Spurs on Friday and all concerns have now been resolved.”
It is believed that Spurs have an agreement with Sainsbury’s for the supermarket giant to build an 11,000 square metre megastore on the 20-acre Northumberland Park site.
The supermarket, which insiders say will be the biggest in the borough of Haringey, forms Phase 1 of the development and work could now begin on the scheme later this year while Spurs raise the finance for building the ground.
Sources say the supermarket is likely to be open within 18 months and then Tottenham can begin work on the stadium, which is Phase 2 of the development.
Given this timescale, the club’s hopes of having the new ‘silver ring’ stadium ready by the 2013-14 season seem ambitious.
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.
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.
EXCLUSIVE
By Wayne Veysey | Chief correspondent
http://www.goal.com
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