Tottenham stadium plans will not feature affordable homes

Tottenham Hotspur will no longer be required to develop affordable homes as part of the development of the football club's new stadium.

Spurs have been linked with a move away from the Tottenham area and have made a bid to take control of the Olympic Stadium in Stratford once the Olympic Games are over.

But in a desperate bid to convince the club to remain in the Tottenham area and press ahead with plans to build a new 56,250 capacity stadium, Haringey Council is expected to abolish original plans to force Spurs to devote 50% of any new homes built as affordable.

In recent years there had been very little building of open market homes in the Northumberland Park area with a focus on social and intermediate rent housing.

Furthermore, the club will be allowed to extend the volume of new homes it will build from 200 to 295 - all of which will be sold on the open market to help finance the £400m Northumberland Development Project.

A further £27m in funding would come from the council and the Mayor of London towards the wider regeneration of the area.

In a statement, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, said: "The club is proud of its roots in Haringey, having been based in Tottenham for over 128 years. We are the borough's top visitor attraction, with around 1m visitors a year and one of the largest employers, pumping many millions of pounds into the local economy and via business rates."

The club also confirmed that all new homes built will be fully compliant with the Government's ‘Lifetime Home' standards and meet Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.