High Road West previous consultations

Details of previous consultations held as part of the High Road West project.

Local lettings policy

We consulted on the draft local lettings policy between 5 February and 19 March 2021. Thank you to everyone who took part.

The final local lettings policy was agreed by the council’s cabinet on 13 July 2021. You can read the local lettings policy here:

High Road West Local Lettings Policy (pdf, 5 page(s), 278.63 KB)

The local lettings policy sets out how the new 500 new council homes at High Road West will be allocated – with about half of the homes going to existing eligible residents on the Love Lane Estate and the other half being made available to other residents in line with our housing allocation policy.

The policy prioritises existing Love Lane secure tenants and non-secure tenants placed in temporary accommodation by the council for the new council homes. To be eligible, non-secure tenants must have lived on the estate for at least 6 months and have been accepted as homeless by the council for that time.

The final policy also ensures that any residents whom the council needs to rehouse temporarily outside of the masterplan area to allow the new council homes to be built, or because their existing temporary accommodation becomes unsuitable during the intervening period, will remain eligible for a new home in the scheme. These tenants will also have first priority for the homes as soon they are available for let.

What we consulted on

The draft local lettings policy put forward an approach for how the proposed 500 new council homes at High Road West will be allocated.

This included our long-standing commitment to Love Lane secure tenants that they will be able to move to a new council home in High Road West if they wish, as set out in the Secure Tenant Guide which was agreed by cabinet in 2014.

We also proposed that eligible non-secure tenants who have been placed in temporary accommodation on the Love Lane estate by the council are also offered the opportunity to move to a new council home in High Road West on a secure tenancy. This is provided that at the point that the policy is formally approved they have lived on the estate for at least a year.

You can read the draft policy and consultation booklet at the below links as well as supporting appendices:

Watch a video explaining the policy on YouTube.

Who was consulted?

We consulted the people who are affected by this draft Local Lettings Policy, who are:

  • secure, assured and non-secure tenants living on the Love Lane Estate or elsewhere in the masterplan area
  • households on the housing register and living elsewhere in Haringey

Online consultation events

Three online consultation events took place in February, which included:

  • a presentation about the proposals
  • a question-and-answer session
  • the opportunity for residents to give feedback

Each session was dedicated to a specific group:

  • Love Lane estate secure tenants
  • Love Lane estate non-secure tenants in temporary accommodation
  • Households on the housing register and not living on the Love Lane estate