I don't have much faith in the apparent green and sustainable spin to this development. As ever the planners had a chance to do something different, even ground breaking, but instead it looks like the usual uninspiring typical architecture. Current public information about the development plan for Tottenham Hale:
Meanwhile in skyscraper news...BDP was commissioned by Lee Valley Estates to provide a masterplan for the former GlS site located immediately adjacent to Tottenham Hale Station in the London Borough of Haringey in north London.
The residential-led scheme will include a mix of uses including office, education, health, a hotel and local retail. The residential element will comprise 900 private tenure units and 300 affordable units, and at a density in line with the GLA recommendations for brown field sites. The site will be fully accessible and permeable, and provide amenities for existing local residents and workers in the area.
Key sustainability features for the site include:
- CCHP (combined, cooling, heating and power generation) as part of a whole site-wide energy infrastructure scheme – biomass boilers that will provide a minimum of 10 percent CO_ savings from the site through provision of thermal energy for the district heating network
- Brownfield site adjacent to major transport hub
- Rainwater harvesting
- Green roofs
This scheme demonstrates how imaginative private sector investment can generate a mixed and sustainable development. The project will at the same time set a new and higher quality benchmark for future investment in the area and kick start the regeneration of Tottenham Hale.
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