Spurs kicks back plans for Lendlease scheme next to stadium

[mawspurs]

Tottenham Hotspur FC has dealt a final-minute blow to Lendlease’s plans to build nearly 3,000 homes next to the club’s stadium by arguing that there had been an “inexplicable failure” to account for crowd control.

Source: Building

 

[davidmatzdorf]

I was under the misapprehension that THFC were indirectly involved in this scheme. Apparently not - either that or they fell out with Lendlease and stopped communicating at some point.

How on earth does a design team including the experience and expertise of DP9, Pollard Thomas Edwards, CBRE, Buro Happold, Montagu Evans and Aecom master-plan a regeneration scheme next to a 62k-seat stadium and not consider crowd control? I've worked on schemes with PTE and Montagu Evans in the past - they wouldn't be so slipshod.

Equally peculiar is the last-minute nature of the objection. THFC has known for many months that this planning application was in the works and they should have had ample time to raise the crowd control issues and then work with the design team to resolve them,, without dumping it on the committee on the very last day.

Something here seems strange...

 

[Locotoro]

I was under the misapprehension that THFC were indirectly involved in this scheme. Apparently not - either that or they fell out with Lendlease and stopped communicating at some point.

How on earth does a design team including the experience and expertise of DP9, Pollard Thomas Edwards, CBRE, Buro Happold, Montagu Evans and Aecom master-plan a regeneration scheme next to a 62k-seat stadium and not consider crowd control? I've worked on schemes with PTE and Montagu Evans in the past - they wouldn't be so slipshod.

Equally peculiar is the last-minute nature of the objection. THFC has known for many months that this planning application was in the works and they should have had ample time to raise the crowd control issues and then work with the design team to resolve them,, without dumping it on the committee on the very last day.

Something here seems strange...

Is it possible that there have been changes made that minimises the inclusion of amenities that would be detrimental to the club's stadium operations?
These are the points that were highlighted in Levy's letter.

 

[worcestersauce]

My understanding was that a central part of the development is a broad walk from the new WHL station exit to the stadium along the line of Whitehall road with the square on the high road, I can only imagine that has been narrowed down against the original mandate. If that's the case it is no wonder the club has objected.

 

[spursfan77]

Is it possible that there have been changes made that minimises the inclusion of amenities that would be detrimental to the club's stadium operations?
These are the points that were highlighted in Levy's letter.

I think it’s the lack of commercial space that’s the problem. It seems to have been pretty toned down from the initial plans. There were meant to be ships and restaurants included but they seem to have been scaled back.

I think the club probably feel that by not attracting better retail provision that regeneration won’t be pushed forward how they want and as quickly. I am sorry to say that they will want to change the demographic of the area to a younger more wealthy one. Those people aren’t going to be attracted to it if the amenities are a burger at chick king and not a lobster brioche at wherever.

The club want regeneration, lend lease are only interested in making money and the council are happy with the status quo. There’s the head butting right there.

 

[Locotoro]

I think it’s the lack of commercial space that’s the problem. It seems to have been pretty toned down from the initial plans. There were meant to be ships and restaurants included but they seem to have been scaled back.

I bet that went down like the Titanic