The regeneration of Seven Sisters, including the redevelopment of the Wards Corner and the Apex House sites, has been a strategic priority for us for a number of years. The Tottenham Area Action Plan allocates the Wards Corner site for mixed-use development providing town centre uses at ground floor level, including a replacement market, with residential uses and the Apex House site for mixed-use development, with town centre uses at ground floor level and residential above.
The Bridge New Deal for Communities and Haringey Council selected Grainger PLC as a development partner to bring forward proposals for the redevelopment of the Wards Corner Site. On 12 July 2012, the council granted planning and conservation area consent to Grainger PLC for the redevelopment of the Wards Corner site with a mixed-use development including new retail and leisure space, a re-provided market and new residential units as well as improved public realm and landscaping.
The planning permission was the subject of a legal challenge, which was rejected by the Court of Appeal in August 2013. The Wards Corner site is now subject to a compulsory purchase order submitted by the council to the Secretary of State in September 2016, as set out in more detail below.
Planning permission was granted to Grainger PLC for the redevelopment of Apex House in May 2016 and construction of the new development is now underway.