"We share local residents' disappointment at the continued delays in bringing forward proposals for the arts centre element of the project at Hornsey Town Hall. It is a positive step that a meeting with Hornsey Town Hall Trust has finally taken place.
“The Council, along with community representatives, will be assessing Far East Consortium (FEC)'s proposals for activating the cultural and community spaces to see whether they meet the terms of their obligations and previous commitments. We will continue to press FEC hard and expect them to meet their obligations.
“We have been assured by FEC that any news regarding the potential sale or acquisition of the Hornsey Town Hall development are purely speculative, and that no agreement has been reached with any buyer or partner to speak of.
“We have already, and will continue to, encourage FEC to engage with our community; to communicate a more definitive and deliverable timeline, given the delays the development has already experienced; and to share their updated vision for the future of the arts centre.
“The council will continue to work as closely as possible with FEC, to ensure that the ambitions for the centre and our community are met and critically, how our community will be able to feed into these new processes.”
