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| Chapter 9 |
| CREATIVE, LEISURE &
TOURISM |
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Paddling Pool, Priory Park |
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CREATIVE, LEISURE
& TOURISM |
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Encouraging the arts and
leisure in the borough. |
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Introduction |
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Tourism, leisure and the arts have an impact
upon the national as well as the local economy. Planning policies
need to look at balancing the positive effects while protecting the
environment from negative impacts. This chapter covers a wide range
of very different activities and operations, and there is inevitable
overlap with related areas such as sports, entertainment, and other
recreational and leisure activities. Research shows that this market
is fickle and transient, but at the same time on a national scale
there has been a significant leisure, arts and tourism boom due in
part to growth in expenditure. |
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A Cultural Quarter has been defined within
the borough and this is outlined on the proposals map. The borough
has also produced a Cultural Strategy for Haringey which examines
how different agencies and organisations are working together to develop
the range and quality of culture and cultural activity in Haringey
from 2002 - 2007. It looks at how the Council can provide a firm base
that will support and develop the creative economy and businesses
through infrastructure and training, and it presents ideas and actions
that will increase the range of opportunity to participate in creative
activity for the people of the borough. The Mayor has also produced
a Culture Strategy for London, which looks at these broad issues on
a London-wide scale. |
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Guiding Principles |
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Creative, leisure and tourism (CLT) activities should continue
to be encouraged and cultivated both for the local role, and as
a contributing factor to London as a world city, and for its economic
and social impact on quality of life. |
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Key Objectives |
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To support and encourage the creative economy and businesses including
leisure and tourism. |
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CORE POLICIES |
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| POLICY CLT1 |
| PROVISION OF NEW FACILITIES
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for new facilities is in the Borough's metropolitan and district
town centres, the Cultural Quarter and Tottenham Green. Small-scale
local facilities meeting a local need will be supported in local
shopping centres. Where there are no suitable sites the Council
may consider development proposals in edge of centre locations
and only then out of centre locations. Permission will be granted
for creative, leisure and tourism facilities if: |
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the proposal
does not have an adverse impact on the amenities of adjoining
occupiers; and |
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access is
available by a choice of means of transport |
| A sequential test
will be required for any CLT proposals outside the Cultural
Quarter, Tottenham Green, the metropolitan and district centres
and local shopping centres. |
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Creative, leisure and tourism facilities,
especially those which draw audiences, are an appropriate town centre
use, attracting associated activities and often extending the use
of the centre from day into evening. They can also have the effect
of enhancing the sense of place and identity of a centre by ensuring
a higher level of evening activity and the perceptions of personal
safety. Such facilities must be able to be accessed by all sectors
of the community. While more relaxed hours of operation are inevitable
in a town centre location, hours will still be tailored to meet the
individual demands of each location. A sequential approach to the
location of new development will ensure that facilities are provided
in accessible locations. |
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The Council has identified a Cultural Quarter
at Wood Green in which CLT activities will be given favourable consideration.
Creation of additional CLT Quarters will be considered in appropriate
locations. Such Quarters should not be limited only to uses that fall
into the CLT categories as to limit to this degree could result in
unacceptable economic repercussions for the area and for employers.
Any alternative uses will need to be compatible with the area. Proposals
for new facilities should have regard to the Council's Cultural Strategy. |
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A partnership known as the four greens
is focused in the areas of Wood Green Tottenham Green and Edmonton
Green (falling within the London Borough of Enfield), and areas within
Barnet. The Partnership takes a strategic overview of the creative
industries in those areas. The Council will support the development
of creative, leisure and tourism in this triangle wherever possible.
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In the interests of expanding and improving the provision of creative,
cultural and tourist facilities for borough residents, the Council
will consider allowing small scale cultural uses in local shopping
centres where it can be demonstrated to serve a local need. In each
case the Council will be concerned to ensure that a high standard
of amenity and environment is preserved and that the proposal would
not harm the vitality and viability of the local shopping centre.
A sequential approach should be applied in selecting appropriate
sites for CLT facilities. The approach requires that locations in
existing centres are considered first, followed by edge-of-centre
locations and then out-of-centre locations. The sequential approach
to site selection should be undertaken in accordance with paragraphs
2.44 and 3.13-3.19 of PPS6 'Planning for Town Centres'. |
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| POLICY CLT2 |
| PROTECTING EXISTING
FACILITIES |
| The Council will seek
to protect all facilities that support the creative, cultural
and tourism requirements of the borough, as well as the provisions
of the Cultural Strategy. |
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of regeneration and Cultural quarters the Council will resist
proposals which would lead to the loss of creative, cultural
and tourism facilities. |
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The CLT sector of the borough provides
residents with much needed facilities for leisure, hobby and cultural
pursuits. Such facilities also provide a valuable source of employment.
They can be a means of retaining and enhancing familiar landmarks
and can reinforce neighbourhood identity. The Council is keen to ensure
that such facilities are retained and available and easily accessible
to all those who live and work in the borough. |
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| POLICY CLT3 |
| SOCIAL CLUBS |
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for Social Clubs will only be permitted provided: |
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there is a
recognised local need; |
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the proposal
is within a town centre and will not be detrimental to the vitality
and viability of any local or town centre within which it is
set (see TCR 3 & 4); and |
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the use does
not have an adverse impact on the amenities of the adjoining
occupiers in terms of noise, traffic and nuisance. |
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Social clubs provide a valuable meeting
place for the residents of the borough to meet, and in particular,
provide important venues for ethnic and other groups to congregate
and socialise together. It is important that these facilities are
provided, but at the same time it is important that a balance with
other uses is retained in any particular location. |
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| POLICY CLT4 |
| HOTELS, BOARDING HOUSES
AND GUEST HOUSES |
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for hotels, boarding houses and guest houses will be permitted
provided that: |
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the proposal does
not result in the loss of housing stock contrary to any of the
policies in the housing chapter. |
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the proposal
is located within an existing town centre or at a location well
served by public transport; and |
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the proposal does
not have an adverse impact on the amenity of nearby residential
properties or other uses. |
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Hotels, boarding houses and guest houses
create employment and economic activity both directly and indirectly.
Tourists for the purpose of this plan are short-term visitors to Haringey
or London for business, pleasure or social purposes. The preferred
location for hotels, boarding houses and guest houses is in or close
to town centres, but care must be taken to ensure that they are at
least well-served by public transport. Proposals should not have an
adverse impact on the environment by reason of noise, disturbance,
traffic generation, exacerbation of parking problems, or detract from
the character of the area. In general the local need for uses will
be assessed in light of a strong presumption against the loss of residential
accommodation. |
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| POLICY CLT5 |
| RETENTION OF EXISTING
TOURIST FACILITIES, IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING TOURIST FACILITIES
AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF NEW FACILITIES |
| The Council
will seek to improve and retain all the existing tourist facilities
in the borough, and, where appropriate, will encourage the provision
of new facilities. |
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With the exception of Alexandra Palace,
Bruce Castle and Tottenham Hotspur, tourism in Haringey is relatively
small scale. The Council will therefore seek to retain current tourist
activity and build upon it to create new employment opportunities.
In addition the Council will encourage the provision of new tourist
facilities in the borough where appropriate. The Council will also
use the sequential test in determining suitable locations for the
facilities in line with the provision of policy CLT1 above. |
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Proposals for tourist facilities which
improve the existing three attractions will be treated favourably
so long as jobs are created or sustained, local amenity is not adversely
affected and the environment is enhanced and areas of ecological importance
are protected or created. Any future uses of Alexandra Palace and
Park must fully respect the listing of the Palace and the MOL and
Conservation Area status of the Palace and Park as well as the Park's
Historic Parks and Gardens status. Consultation with the community
will be essential. Improvement of Bruce Castle will need to be treated
with sensitivity and care in line with listed building and conservation
area status. |
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