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=Boris urges council to review Grainger scheme= David Doyle - Property Week (﻿ 22 July 2008)

Boris Johnson has urged Haringey Council to review Grainger’s proposed redevelopment at a Latin-American market in north London.
The mayor of [|London] said Grainger’s plans for 196-homes as well as shops and restaurants at Ward’s Corner in Seven Sisters were ‘unacceptable’ because it would mean the loss of the Pueblito Paisa market.

//‘This much loved market is vitally important to the Latin American community and home to many local traders,’// he said. //‘The proposed re-development of Ward’s Corner would pull down the market and only offer space to a handful of people, which is unacceptable.//

//‘I want the council to urgently review this proposal and put the livelihood of the traders and the thousands of locals who rely on this market at the core of their decision.’//

Local traders have formed the Wards Corner Community Coalition to oppose the plans, led by grocer Lagu Sukumaran.
 * Traders Unite**

//‘The council are treating us with disdain and have not listened to us,’// said Sukumaran. //‘There is no provision for a market in the Grainger scheme.//

//‘So not only is our livelihoods at stake but an ethnic community asset is being destroyed, along with a lovely building.’// Grainger submitted a planning application for the site, in partnership with Haringey Council, in February 2008.