Social Value Ideas for Haringey London Borough Council

New premises licence approved with conditions

The committee granted a new premises licence for Stadium Lounge, subject to agreed amendments and conditions negotiated with responsible authorities. This is a licensing policy/outcome decision rather…

“Okay, so I'm just going to run through the procedure we're going to follow today, which was emailed to all participants by the clerk. Um for the purpo…”

Counter notice issued for TENs

The sub-committee decided to refuse the temporary event notices by issuing a counter notice, citing repeated breaches of the Licensing Act and undermining of the licensing objectives, especially crime…

“Good morning, everyone. I think we're just waiting for Councillor Bartlett to return. I think we are all here. So, thank you everyone for your time to…”

Licence review decision pending

The subcommittee heard the full licensing review and closed the meeting to deliberate, with the decision to be issued in writing within five working days. This is an active regulatory action affecting…

“Okay. Thank you. Uh, we will now hear from the supporting representations. Please can I ask Naz to call the speakers and each speaker will have five m…”

KFC variation decision pending

The sub-committee heard a variation application for KFC at 479-481 High Road, Tottenham, seeking later late-night refreshment hours, with the applicant also proposing one SIA door supervisor and risk-…

“The application is submitted by FT Foods Limited, and they are seeking to increase the hours for late night refreshment at the premises. I should this…”

Archives to stop external music

The premises holder proposed a formal condition that live and recorded music shall not be provided in external areas of the Archives, and said the outdoor area would be shut from 9pm immediately. The …

“we suggest modifying the license by adding appropriate and proportionate conditions. Uh you'll find those in the bundle that I submitted and I'm happy…”

Archives review targets outdoor music

The Archives review was framed as a targeted intervention on external music and noise nuisance rather than opposition to indoor events generally. The resident applicant said the request was to stop lo…

“Um, so um yeah, there's also a statement that I wrote and there are some videos of um that I filmed from our house um during these events. I don't kno…”

Red Carpet alcohol licence conditions

The committee considered a new premises licence for Red Carpet Restaurant and Bar, with police conditions already agreed and noise/public nuisance objections still outstanding. The decision will deter…

“Okay, so the recording has started. I'm going to hand over to the chair for this evening's licensing subcommittee, Councillor Nick da Costa. >> Excell…”

Possible revocation or restrictions

The subcommittee was advised that it could modify conditions, exclude licensable activities, remove the DPS, suspend the licence for up to three months, or revoke the licence. The review applicant pre…

“Also in terms of recommendation, the committee may determine after hearing from all parties um to to look at the modification of the conditions of the…”

Council faces large overspend

Quarter 3 finance showed a forecast overspend of around £19m after earlier forecasts of £34m at quarter 1 and £23.4m at quarter 2. Members said the improvement was encouraging, but there remain signif…

“It is encouraging to note um the improved position and the improve improved position that we've seen um throughout this year. Um to remind um OC um at…”

Savings delivery under strain

KPMG identified a significant risk because savings schemes were deteriorating rapidly in year, with around half of the £29 million savings programme already amber or red by quarter 1 and around £9 mil…

“The council did include around40 million to combat financial pressures mainly linked to adult social care, children's and temporary accommodation. But…”

Exceptional financial support reliance

The council is forecasting a need for exceptional financial support of £84 million for 2026/27, after earlier support requests of £37 million for 2025/26 and a revised request of £54 million. Officers…

“In terms of the current year in terms of 2526 when we set the budget and we got the inprincipal agreement in March 2025 uh that was for 37 million um …”

Statutory recommendation accepted

Full Council accepted KPMG’s statutory recommendation and non-statutory recommendations, and amended the response to create a cross-party finance improvement board. Monitoring of the action plan will …

“on Monday, Monday the 20th of July um pool council agreed a series of recommendations including the first one which is a statutory recommendation that…”

Savings delivery still weak

Officers said the council is not yet delivering savings at the level originally assumed, with around 44% of savings not on track in the current year. They intend to tighten monitoring, improve narrati…

“Um, so you you I mean you picked up correctly 44% are not on track to be delivered. You would already expect some non-dely but you know I would normal…”

Auditor flags major savings gap

KPMG issued a statutory recommendation and two non-statutory recommendations warning that Haringey must increase savings targets, identify wider transformational savings, and strengthen monitoring. Th…

“Um as a new administration uh we have come into uh office after a decade and a half of uh government austerity which has led to one of the most challe…”

Exceptional financial support reliance

Multiple speakers described the council's dependency on exceptional financial support to close the 2026-27 budget, with estimates around £84 million and longer-term gaps much higher. The issue was pre…

“We will be I'm afraid one of 35 councils this year that requires exceptional financial support in order to close this 2627 budget. This has been provi…”