Haringey Council’s controversial HDV has won its high-court battle to proceed after a judicial review was brought against it by residents.
Despite this, the HDV will not proceed before elections in May, after council leader Claire Kober resigned and said she would leave the decision to the next leader.
This is highly likely to kill off the £2bn project to develop more than 6,000 homes in the borough, on which the council had hoped to partner with Lendlease.
In a response to the High Court judgment, the council said: “We welcome the court’s findings, which very clearly state that permission to proceed with the claim for judicial review is refused on all grounds.
“We’ve been clear that we are committed to delivering the new homes, jobs and community facilities that local people have told us they want to see.
“The partnership will enable us to build 6,400 new homes and create thousands of new jobs, as well as delivering a wide-ranging programme of community projects – such as re-built state-of-the-art school, new parks and open spaces, training and apprenticeships, and health and well-being projects – that will enable everyone in Haringey to take advantage of all the opportunities this could bring.
“Following the decision taken by Cabinet in July 2017, establishing the HDV remains the Council’s agreed approach to providing much-needed homes and jobs on its own land and Lendlease remains the Council’s preferred partner.”
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