Designs for the High Road West area – now out for consultation – could see an expansive public space, with room for community events, pop-up screenings and a space for people to meet and relax.
The square could be surrounded by a new library and enterprise centre, green space and clusters of modern homes for existing residents and to help more families get a foot on the housing ladder.
Highlights of the plans include:
- A 5,000sqm open public space, with an amphitheatre for community events and a new library and enterprise centre, surrounded by cafes, bars and restaurants
- 1,200 new high-quality homes, with a mix of family houses with gardens and flats and maisonettes with private courtyards
- A new park at the heart of a residential quarter north of the High Road, with children’s play space, a free-to-use outdoor gym and space to relax
- A safer, more accessible White Hart Lane Station, with improved train services and a modern entrance at the south of the platform
- Purpose-built modern industrial units for start-up businesses to grow into, with a better mix of shops on the High Road and support to find work
The designs build on initial consultation with the community last year, and the more detailed plans are based directly on feedback received through forms, public meetings and workshops with architects.
Under the proposals, all secure council tenants on the Love Lane Estate would be guaranteed a home in the new development, with the council aiming to phase the work so residents only have to make one move – with their neighbours – into their new home.