This consultation ran from 14 February to 28 April 2017.
Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultation on our proposals for the future of Wood Green – the Wood Green Area Action Plan (AAP). You can view our response to the consultation here:
There was a great response to the consultation, which saw us hold 11 exhibitions, 10 workshops, and 16 stakeholder meetings. We’ve had hundreds of conversations about our ambitions for Wood Green, and thousands of people have visited our web pages.
We’re considering all of your feedback and will publish a follow-up report with our final plans later this year, which will be open for further consultation and examined independently. If approved, we expect the AAP to be adopted as policy from 2018.
The proposals in the AAP are based on a ‘preferred option’ drawn up following a 2016 consultation that saw residents make it clear they want to see big changes in Wood Green.
The 15-year plan includes creating:
- 4,000 jobs
- 7,700 homes
- a bigger metropolitan town centre with more retail, leisure and office space
We want to build on Wood Green’s fantastic strengths – including its good transport links and diverse array of culture, shops and businesses – to once again make the area a thriving, successful, north London destination that residents can be proud of.
We’re committed to supporting all residents who could potentially be affected by regeneration. If planning permission is granted, we’ll be working closely with the registered housing providers for Sky City and Page High to ensure that tenants are fully supported throughout the process and that their re-housing options are clear.
We will also continue to engage with and support any other affected residents and affected businesses through this transition period. We have received a lot of positive comments about the Wood Green Market in the Mall and we intend to carry out specific engagement with market traders.
In response to concerns raised during the consultation, we’re happy to clarify that we have no proposals to put a road through Wood Green Common. The proposal is to improve cycle and pedestrian links across the area:
- a new non-vehicular path would link the High Road to Lymington Avenue and Moselle Avenue
- better cycle and pedestrian connections to existing roads such as Wightman Road
Find out more about the future of Wood Green.
Preferred option 2017
The preferred option consultation represented our stakeholders' key opportunity to have their say on the content included within the AAP.
The AAP identifies the key issues, challenges and opportunities facing the area and sets out our preferred outcomes for how these challenges might be addressed and opportunities realised. The AAP will ultimately guide development and investment decisions in the area and will be used in dealing with planning applications.
The purpose of the consultation on the preferred option document was to:
- invite public and stakeholder views and comments on the preferred option
- enable consultees to offer up further information of relevance to the development of the plan
- indicate what changes they consider the council should progress with to the next stage – publication of the plan before submission to the Secretary of State for Examination in Public (anticipated in summer 2018)
The preferred option Wood Green AAP can be downloaded here and was also available at our planning offices, the Civic Centre, libraries and at our March drop-in sessions.