Tesco Redevelopment

Sutent

Tesco are applying for planning permission to re-develop the current site and use the upper floors for sales space. Not sure if they will convert to a Tesco extra.

Arkady

Wow. I'm way behind on my planning updates, sorry. Do you have a reference for the application? The search engine isn't working for me today.

Ali

Is this anything to do with this?

https://www.islington.gov.uk/-/media/sharepoint-lists/public-records/planningandbuildingcontrol/publicity/publicconsultation/20192020/20190904siteallocationsdpdproposedsubmissionregulation19.pdf?la=en&hash=B370FF3939AE86EDEC990E3F367A9E840F64E1A8

see page 115

Arkady

Ali, you probably appreciate this already but that's the Site Allocations plan which shows where the Council thinks redevelopment should happen. I can't find an actual planning application for the site, but maybe it just isn't up on the website yet.

libertyhall

The loss of this store will have a big impact on many people who use the store and those who work there. The availability of a good selection of grocery items close to so many has been a boon during the lock down.

grenners

The building is ugly. The upper floors will not be used with any great intensity. There is room for massing, adding additional floors and space for massing at the rear. This could all be done whilst retaining a ground floor retail unit.

Arkady

Hard agree with Grenners. Gentle densification could retain existing function, add more, and vastly improve the streetscape all at the same time. It needs to be carefully done though. It's an absolutely critical site for restoring a grim bit squeezed between three conservation areas. A fantastic opportunity that could go badly wrong if mishandled.

Scruffy

“Gentle densification… retain existing function… streetscape”. Coo! Our Kady speaks Estateagentese!

I agree with @Grenners (What happened to Sweep?)The building is ugly (just like what they did to the west side of Crouch End Broadway, but not as bad a Sainsbury, Camden Town). Like so many parts of “modern” London, significant improvements could be made by a return tour of the Luftwaffe. Still, Tesco SGR would be a pretty low priority.

Arkady

Touche

grenners

Losing sweep was some kind of cluster thumbs accident. Very sad.

therattle

Agreed with grenners and Arkady! The shop is useful - the building is ugly and a poor use of space.

gardener-joe

Some years back I found online a photograph of a United Dairies unit on what is now the Tesco site [presumably the 'new' dairy?]. Does anyone have info on this, or a photograph to share? Nothing immediately found on Collage [https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/]

Ali

It seems like there may have been a milk dock at Finsbury Park Station at which the milk would arrive in London in glass lined tanks from the country side. It may have also travelled up the Northern heights railway up to a United Dairies depot at Finchley. Lots of discusion about it here along with stuff about Finsbury Park Station which might whet the appetite of Railway Archaeologists

https://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4465

Read both pages.

therattle

Ali, given the context I assume that your use of "wet" above instead of "whet" was intentional?

Ali

corrected Thanks

therattle

You should have styled it out and just said it was intentional!