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i Case study report: London Borough of Haringey An analysis of the manufacturing industry ii Cities of Making Report Case study: Old Oak and Park Royal (OPDC) Sustainable Urban Manufacturing report Cities of Making (CoM) explores the future of urban based manufacturing in European cities in terms of technology, resources, place, and application. CoM uses a combination of strategic and action re- search resulting in concrete projects. Our ambition is to identify what works in supporting a resilient and innovative industrial base and to test those solutions in a real-world setting. The team: The project brings together a dynamic, multidisciplinary team from Brussels (BECI, Latitude, ULB and the VUB), London (UCL and the RSA) and Rotterdam (TU Delft) – which gather a breadth of competencies in resource and technology, industrial ecology, circular economy, urban planning, gov- ernance, strategy, social dynamics and more. Acknowledgements: Co-funded through JPI-Urban Europe ERA-NET Co-fund Smart Urban Futures (Project no. 693443). UCL Project Lead: Dr Teresa Domenech UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1H 0NN Phone: 02031089011 Email: [email protected] Prof Ben Croxford UCL Institute of Environmental Design and Engineering Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1H 0NN Report authorship: Methodology and structure: Teresa Domenech Field work: Miguel Casas-Arredondo, Teresa Domenech Written by Miguel Casas-Arredondo London, UK, June 2020 iii Executive Summary Outsourcing manufacturing activities out of European cities has given rise to issues such as the displacement of technical skills and innovation, the externalisation of environmental impacts, and a reduction of value creation in the European economy. Cities of Making, a collaborative project based in Brussels, London and Rotterdam, aims to explore the present and future urban-based manufacturing in Europe. This report presents an analysis of the manufacturing industry in London, taking the Borough of Haringey as a case study. The mixed research methods include documentary research, 19 interviews to relevant stakeholders and observations through site visits to four industrial focus areas. The examination of primary and secondary data was conducted using a series of specialised tools such as network, qualitative, and material flow analyses, among other. Key findings include the categorisation and statistic review of manufacturing activities in the borough, an in-depth spatial characterisation of industrial focus areas, as well as the identification of spatial conflicts, and a descriptive breakdown of the interviewed companies in terms of building typology, market reach, employee profile, technology, resources, transport, networking, and specific challenges. Lastly, the overall main conflicts and challenges were identified and practical as well as policy recommendations are provided. iv Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................... 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 4 GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 7 GLOSSARY OF TERMS ..................................................................................................................................... 9 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................ 2 2.1 CREATING A COMPANY DATABASE: ....................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 CONTACTING THE COMPANIES: ............................................................................................................................ 3 2.3 ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA: ....................................................................................................... 4 BOROUGH OF HARINGEY ........................................................................................................................... 4 3.1 HARINGEY’S HISTORY ......................................................................................................................................... 5 3.2 LOCATION ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 3.3 CENSUS STATISTICS ............................................................................................................................................ 5 3.4 ECONOMIC PROFILE ........................................................................................................................................... 7 3.5 INDUSTRIAL ZONES ............................................................................................................................................ 8 3.5.1 Industrial zones in the Local Plan ......................................................................................................... 8 3.5.2 Industrial focus areas ........................................................................................................................... 9 3.6 INDUSTRIAL TRADES AND ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................... 12 3.6.1 Selected manufacturing companies (126): ......................................................................................... 12 3.6.2 Interviewed companies (19): .............................................................................................................. 17 BREAKDOWN PER FOCUS AREAS .............................................................................................................. 18 4.1 LAND USE AND BUILDING TYPOLOGY .................................................................................................................... 18 4.1.1 Bounds Green (BG) ............................................................................................................................. 18 4.1.2 Markfield Rd and the High Cross Centre (MRHCC) ............................................................................. 20 4.1.3 North Middlesex University Hospital (NMUH) .................................................................................... 24 4.1.4 Wood Green (WG) .............................................................................................................................. 27 4.2 LAND USE STATISTICS ....................................................................................................................................... 29 4.3 SPATIAL CONTEXT ............................................................................................................................................ 32 4.3.1 Rationale for location in Haringey ...................................................................................................... 35 4.3.2 Pressures to relocate .......................................................................................................................... 36 BREAKDOWN PER INDUSTRIAL TRADES ................................................................................................... 38 5.1 INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................................................................... 38 5.2 BUILDING TYPOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................ 39 5.3 MARKET REACH .............................................................................................................................................. 41 5.4 SUPPLY CHAIN ................................................................................................................................................ 42 5.5 NETWORKING ................................................................................................................................................ 44 5.6 EMPLOYEE PROFILE .......................................................................................................................................... 44 v 5.7 TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................. 48 5.8 ENERGY AND WATER ........................................................................................................................................ 51 5.9 MATERIAL FLOWS ........................................................................................................................................... 53 5.10 TRANSPORT ................................................................................................................................................. 57 5.11 CHALLENGES ................................................................................................................................................ 58 MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS (MFA) 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