Meeting with residents of Burlington Road in Fortis Green, Haringey who have had their peaceful cul-de-sac turned into a school entrance to Fortismere and Blanche Neville.

Yes – when Jarvis built a new sports hall at the end of their road, Haringey Planning put conditions on the development so that this would not become an entrance or at least only for a small number of peripatetic teachers.

But being Haringey they failed to build the fence to stop children using it. They don’t care that the school has put Burlington Road on its letterheads as an entrance and they show absolutely no intention of enforcing the planning conditions. No wonder the residents are feeling powerless against these broken promises.

I have already had one meeting with Haringey Council’s Chief Exec about this and taken him to the site to show him the appalling state of the road – ruined by contractors’ lorries. I have extracted a promise to really consult with residents over the replanting of the area and to review the state of the street.

Now it seems, I will have to go back into action to ensure the fence is built and the address changed. The Chief Exec’s argument so far about the school using Burlington Road as an address is that they won’t be able to get post if they don’t. Nonsense – how does he think they got mail before this entrance was created?