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People Places & Prosperity Creating Inclusive & Sustainable Communities Haringey’s Regeneration Strategy www.haringey.gov.uk Haringey is part of London - one of the world’s most successful global cities. As a consequence of its success, London faces major People pressures. Government has identified the shortage of housing Places & and set ambitious targets. The match between skills of Prosperity residents and the skills needed by the economy is poor. Five of the eight local authority areas with employment below the EU average are located in the capital. Traditional employment is being squeezed out by rising costs and globalisation. These are the challenges that London Boroughs must face up to. Why do we need A clear strategic vision will a Strategy? help partners, neighbouring boroughs and regional Our Regeneration Strategy bodies to understand how will ensure that maximum we can work together to regeneration impact is regenerate Haringey. realised from the major development projects within It will ensure that the impact of the Borough, making certain all regeneration activity is that individual regeneration greater than the sum of its projects are designed and individual components. The delivered so that they strategy brings together work contribute to core objectives. already underway - such as, It will also ensure that links The Haringey Guarantee - with are forged with the new areas of activity - for opportunities that are being example, working more closely created in the wider London with mainstream Children and region and that mainstream Young People’s Services. It Council services are oriented has been designed as a to best serve Haringey’s principal component in the regeneration objectives. delivery of the Council’s Community Strategy objective 03 ‘economic vitality and prosperity shared by all’. People Places & Prosperity The Haringey Track Record The Council was a pivotal Haringey recognises that element of the partnership that regeneration is about more Regeneration is at the delivered the impressive than just ‘projects’. It must also heart of Haringey Council Bernie Grant Arts and Cultural be about shaping mainstream activities and we have a Centre. The Council saw the activities to ensure they make strong track record to potential of this project as a the maximum contribution to build on. key element in the strategy to our objectives. Here too, the Haringey’s Regeneration Vision: We have succeeded in our revitalise the High Road and Council has made excellent To transform the Borough and the way ambition to create a thriving the east of the Borough. It recent progress. Our efforts to creative and cultural industries provides a focal point for life raise educational attainment, in which it is perceived by creating cluster in Wood Green, based on the High Road, brings new for example, have made economic vitality and prosperity for around the revitalisation of the visitors to the area and Northumberland Park School all through exploitation of Haringey’s nationally renowned Chocolate challenges perceptions of one of the fastest improving strategic location in a global city, major Factory Tottenham. schools in the country and have led to a dramatic development site opportunities and by We have launched the We have taken major steps turnaround in performance innovative, employer-led developing the Boroughs 21st century towards the re-development of across the Borough. In an Haringey Guarantee offering business economy. Haringey Heartlands. increasingly knowledge based clear pathways into work. Since Implementation of the FIRST economy we will continue to its launch in the summer of PHASE has already delivered make the most of our biggest 2006, 183 people have been 622 new homes as part of the regeneration asset – Haringey helped into sustained New River development. people. employment. Our approach has From completion of attracted widespread acclaim. masterplanning for Tottenham Currently focused on 12 wards, Hale, we agreed outline the programme will be rolled planning applications for out across the Borough. Tottenham Hale within a 12 month period. Whilst this was not an ‘easy option’, the Council recognised that important opportunities such as this need to be driven 05 forward with determination. Objective 1: People To unlock the potential of Haringey residents through increasing skill levels and raising People employment so that they can contribute to Places & and benefit from being part of one of the Prosperity most successful cities in the world. Priorities Our key priorities are Targeting of key groups; young people, Incapacity This objective will be achieved Creating strong links with Benefit claimants, users of through innovation in the way in Central London and major Council Services and the which we develop and opportunity areas where low skilled. implement projects and by significant job growth is challenging established ways of projected including Stratford Ensure mainstream services, working that do not deliver long- and the Olympic 2012, Brent such as childcare and nursery term sustainable outcomes. To Cross and Stansted Airport. provision, are clearly focused on support this, evaluation will be the challenge of worklessness. Position key developments in embedded across the the Borough to ensure they programme to assess the impact Ensure clear, co-ordinated create jobs for local people of activities. Emphasis will be ‘packages’ of services – benefits advice, childcare, etc - placed on initiatives that add Reducing worklessness are offered to help people into value to existing services and through needs driven, employer- and to stay in employment . which are easily replicated and led programmes such as the up-scaled. Haringey Guarantee. Focusing skills development on key growth sectors, ensuring that employers have access to the skills they require. Raising educational attainment at school to ensure people have the skills and 07 aptitude for work in an increasingly knowledge based economy. Objective 2: Places To transform Haringey into a place in which People Places & more people want to live and invest by Prosperity using the opportunity of major sites and key locations to create positive change. Priorities Our key priorities are; Recapturing the Victorian vision for Alexandra Palace as This objective will be achieved Transforming Tottenham a cultural, leisure and by bringing forward ambitious, through one of London’s biggest entertainment centre for the mixed use flagship schemes. place-making schemes. This benefit of London. These will create attractive sites includes delivery of a new town for new business, drive the centre and major waterside Maximising the potential of growth our key sectors and residential development at cultural landmarks to create a provide high quality living Tottenham Hale, re-vitalising the place in which people want to opportunities and new area around Seven Sisters and live and work. This will include employment. maximising gateway the redevelopment of Hornsey opportunities centred on Town Hall as a centre-piece for Underpinning these bold Tottenham Hotspurs FC to the the town centre in Crouch End. developments will be an north of the High Road. emphasis on sustainability and Ensuring that those quality, promotion of mixed and Securing the position of Wood neighbourhoods in Haringey balanced communities, Green at the heart of the North that suffer acute long term improved diversity of housing London economy by driving poverty and deprivation are opportunity and the need to forward major mixed use linked and integrated with the improve the supply of high- development on the Haringey bold, new developments and the quality office and workspace in Heartlands east and west sites. opportunities they offer, to create the borough. The new development will places in which people want to closely complement Wood live and stay. Green’s existing facilities, creating an urban centre for the Attracting investment from 21st century. central and regional government for improvements Transforming the Lee Valley by to transport & infrastructure to taking full advantage of its status support the development of as one of the major business sites and ensure transport and housing growth locations for routes effectively connect London. Working closely with people to key job growth partners in Enfield and Waltham locations Forest, our focus will be on delivering of the ambitious North London Strategic Alliance (NLSA) vision for the area. 09 People Places & Prosperity Objective 3: Prosperity To develop a 21st century business economy that offers opportunities for sustainable employment and enterprise, to help make Haringey a place people want to work, visit and invest in. Our key priorities are; Capitalising on Haringey’s Make the relationship with the locational advantages and the Council an asset for business Unlocking the entrepreneurial Priorities exciting new developments in by improving the quality & talent the Borough by marketing a responsiveness of Council in our most successful This objective will be dynamic, changing Haringey in services. This will help both growth sectors.These are; achieved by recognising order to generate new retain existing businesses and the needs and aspirations • cultural & creative industries investment. encourage new ones to invest in of businesses, investors • food and drink production and the Borough. and consumers. Our Delivering high quality Town distribution programme will provide the Centres to ensure they thrive in Using the enormous • professional