Haringey Lib Dems have slammed Haringey Council for failing to carryout a meaningful consultation over plans to build a concrete batching plant in Cranford Way, N8 after the Labour-run Council proposed yesterday to hold a public meeting with residents next week.

Laura Edge, Lib Dem councillor for Stroud Green, is angry that little notice has been given of this proposed meeting scheduled for 7.30pm, 14th September at Hornsey School for Girls, Inderwick Road. She says it does not leave adequate time to ensure that all interested parties are able to attend.

Cllr Edge is also concerned that the Council is spending its ‘limited resources’ on another public meeting rather than the independent reports and investigations into the environmental impact of this site as requested by residents, local pressure group Green N8 and Cllr Edge.

Furthermore she is bewildered that while the Council is proposing another public meeting with residents in Hornsey and Stroud Green, worried residents to the east of the site in the Harringay Ladder are yet to be consulted at all.

Cllr Edge says this is just the latest in a long list of failures by the Council to adequately consult on this issue.

Cllr Edge is encouraging residents, particularly those living in the Ladder, to attend the meeting next Wednesday to ensure that the Council are made completely aware of the residents’ displeasure.

Cllr Edge comments:

“Haringey Council’s handling of this consultation process has been nothing short of disgraceful.

“The decision to hold another meeting with residents in the Hornsey area with no clear objective seems senseless, especially in light of their continued failure to consult those living in the Ladder.”