Report+1.+Notes+on+the+Full+Council+Meeting

Notes on WC discussion at Council Meeting

Cllr John Oakes


 * Issue could affect lives of people in the area for generations to come
 * Tottenham has been run like a medieval fiefdom
 * Local residents forced to raise £8K to do their own consultation
 * Issues they’re raising should have been picked up by the consultation but clearly weren’t
 * £.5 million budget for consultation – clearly not done properly
 * 2004 planning brief begins ok but was ignored
 * NDC minutes don’t record the views of citizens who were at the meeting

Want to see:
 * Proper consideration given to alternative scheme
 * WCC should be able to get their plans formally costed
 * Haringey should arrange meeting between member for regeneration and WCC
 * Chair of Planning should remove herself, since comments show she’s clearly not independent
 * Open the books – need for transparency around financing
 * Haringey should provide advice to the market traders around their future

Someone else? Lib Dem opposition Regeneration
 * Market tradcrs’ livelihood is threatened – uncertainty impacts on trade now as well as in the future
 * All development is not regeneration
 * No statement of NDC finances in the Grainger scheme
 * HCC and NDC providing interim gap funding to Grainger - £1.5m – how was the decision to do this taken?
 * Conflicts of interest – how can it grant planning permission if it’s already providing funding
 * How will Grainger re-pay the interim funding – eg, if profits 13%, not 20%?
 * Deloitte report on NDC – poor record keeping – no project plans
 * £500K from GOL re APEX (?)
 * Improper for NDC to subsidise Council
 * £.5Market tradcrs’ livelihood is threatened – uncertainty impacts on trade now as well as in the future
 * All development is not regeneration
 * No statement of NDC finances in the Grainger scheme
 * HCC and NDC providing interim gap funding to Grainger - £1.5m – how was the decision to do this taken?
 * Conflicts of interest – how can it grant planning permission if it’s already providing funding
 * How will Grainger re-pay the interim funding – eg, if profits 13%, not 20%?
 * Deloitte report on NDC – poor record keeping – no project plans
 * £500K from GOL re APEX (?)
 * Improper for NDC to subsidise Council
 * £0.5 mill for consultation with stakeholders
 * Wants a forensic audit of NDC since its inception

AMIN Since Nov 07:
 * Grainger sent newsletter to c.1000 stakeholders
 * Set up website
 * People able to comment on draft proposals
 * Modest feedback – 350 attended event, 119 gave detailed feedback
 * Two-thirds support Grainger’s proposal