Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English professional football club based in Tottenham, north London, with White Hart Lane as its home stadium. Haringey Council has described the new stadium project as ‘an overhaul of north Tottenham’. Under the scheme, the club will redevelop White Hart Lane. A new 56,250 capacity stadium for Tottenham Hotspur lies at the heart of the Northumberland Development Project.
The refurbishment scheme will not be limited to the football ground. Renovation of historic buildings, 200 new homes, a 150-bedroom hotel, shops and restaurants, two public squares, a podium surrounding the stadium and a ‘heritage square’ to frame refurbished listed buildings on Tottenham High Road, are also on the cards. New homes include 56 one-bed flats, 56 two-bed flats, 49 three-bed properties and 39 four-bed houses, with 50% affordable housing.
Council’s approval of the plans also marks the dawn of the Northumberland Park Development Regeneration Programme and the Northumberland Park Improvement Plan, which would see the council, Spurs and local partners team up to improve Tottenham.
Haringey Council’s planning committee approved the application with a number of conditions, which will ensure that measures are in place to deal with matters such as waste collection, transport, security, and access during building work. The plans will now be referred to English Heritage, the Mayor of London and the Secretary of State for a final decision.
Tottenham Hotspur submitted improved plan to Haringey Council, after the original scheme designed by Make Architects, KSS Group and Martha Schwartz Partners was discarded due to heritage concerns. The original stadium masterplan included 58,000-seat stadium, hotel and 450 homes. Heritage groups have criticized the plan as it would result in demolition of 15 historic buildings, including two Grade II-listed properties. The plan also faced criticism from Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), for not presenting the three elements – the stadium, supermarket, and housing – as a coherent whole.
