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Biodiversity Action Plan and Ecological Emergency
Haringey Council is drafting a new Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) to help save and enhance our local wildlife. That will be consulted on this summer and we will encourage people to get involved in it.
MoreHaringey Pension Fund and Fossil Fuel investments
Less than 1% of Haringey’s £1.5billion+ pensions funds are now invested in fossil fuel industries (about £15million).
See Haringey investment blog for more information.
Build Back Better video released
Green New Deal Haringey presents Build Back Better
The Green New Deal is a UK wide organisation – see here and contact haringeygnd@gmail.com to join Green New Deal Haringey.
Green New Deal is working to Build Back Better and the Haringey branch welcomes new members.
Plans for Walking, Cycling & Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Haringey has agreed its draft Walking & Cycling Plan to set out its policies and priorities for encouraging these modes of travel, which will be vital if the borough is to achieve its target of reducing car traffic from 22% of journeys to just 12%. The draft plan is here.
The Plan sets out a hierarchy of users
1.Pavement users
2.Cycling
3.Public Transport
4.Electric Vehicles
5.Motor Vehicles,
and proposes to allocate road space accordingly. It adopts the Healthy Streets approach to road design. It proposes a major extension of protected cycle routes, and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) eventually covering much of the borough.

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and the Walking and Cycling Plan
The Walking and Cycling Plan adopts the Healthy Streets approach to road design. It proposes a major extension of protected cycle routes, and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) eventually covering much of the borough.
It explains Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) as “area-based traffic management schemes that aim to reduce or remove non-residential motor traffic from residential areas, as well as reduce the number of short trips made by vehicles which could be walked or cycled. LTNs are normally introduced to support walking and cycling but can also bring a wide range of benefits for everyone especially those who live, work or study in them”
The plan will be consulted for 8 weeks, but this had not yet formally started as at end Feb 2021.
Consultations on proposed Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
The consultation on the first three LTNs – Bruce Grove, St Ann’s and Bounds Green, which are already funded, is live as at end Feb 2021. See here for the Haringey web page information.
Haringey residents are encouraged to study the initial plans for reducing traffic in these areas by going to the Commonplace link, looking at the proposals on a map and pinning comments to locations you are interested in.
Another proposal has been added for the Harringay Ladder area here. Again comments can be added to the relevant location.
London’s Green New Deal
The Mayor invests £10m in Green New Deal
– to boost green jobs, tackle the climate emergency and address inequalities.
The first phase of the fund will secure around 1,000 jobs for Londoners, and support the green industries that are crucial to meeting the city’s climate targets and recover from the economic and social impacts of COVID-19. The press release for the programme is here. It will be in three areas:
- Decarbonising the Built Environment
Tackling emissions from heating and powering London’s buildings. Programmes will make homes more energy efficient and ensure London is supplied with more green energy through district energy networks and other clean sources such as solar. - Green Transport and Public Realm
Tackling transport emissions and encouraging walking, cycling and electric vehicles. Projects will also improve access to green spaces and the natural environment while increasing London’s resilience and adaptation to climate change impacts. - Green Foundations
Supporting growth of new and existing businesses in the green economy. Projects will create job opportunities and develop skills for Londoners to exploit the opportunities that the transition to a low carbon circular economy represents.
So what opportunities for Haringey?
See all our events here.
National Model Design Code – respond by 27th March
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published its Consultation on draft revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework and a new draft National Model Design Code. See here. They “are not proposing a review of the National Planning Policy Framework in its entirety at this stage.” but are “seeking views on the […]
Free Webinar on monitoring our polluted Air – 6th Feb 3pm
Haringey Clean Air Group has a Webinar on 6 February 2021 at 3pm on monitoring air quality and the need for robust legislation. Register on EventBrite. Haringey Clean Air Group are following on from last autumn’s People’s Assembly with a free Webinar on monitoring London’s polluted air, and the need for robust legislation which allows councils to […]