Campaigners are rumbling about plans from a gigantic Premier League club to convert part of an old forest into the facility of a sport.
Whitewebs Park lovers in Enfield, Noord -Londen, have protested against the Tottenham Hotspur project, which aims to build a new Women's Academy with 11 football fields and a clubhouse.
Not only do the locals want to protect the “beautiful” green space, but they also pointed out that Spurs have already had more than 15 throws just over the road in their Hotspur Way Center.
Tottenham claims that the development “would improve local access to nature and habitats and offer new facilities for visitors, community groups and sports clubs”.
Enfield Council approved the construction of the site – of which campaigners say it will destroy the park – in February, whereby the town hall gave the entire freedom the regulation last month.
Caroline Day, who lives a town of the site, told Metro that she was messing around in the plans.
The park user said that “she is prepared to make the trip to Whitewebbs, because it is about a bit of space”, but fears that traces “use the growing interest in women's football as an excuse to destroy a park.”
She added: “In all respects they are missing compared to the other clubs.”
Tottenham pays £ 2 million for a 25-year lease of 53 hectares from the park, allowing them to build their flood height on the old forest.
The park was purchased by the Middlesex Council in 1931 and Spurs hopes to develop part of the green space that was previously a publicly accessible golf course.
The council closed the golf location in 2021 and said the money had lost.
Campaigners say that the project will lead to the loss of 16 hectares of green space, in which 207 adult trees have to be chopped, which means that some animals that are nowhere in London will disappear.
Furious Locals have now referred to tracks as “vulture capitalists” because they want to build on the country house of old trees and rare species of animals in the wild and vegetation.
After Spurs had handed the lease by Enfield Council, the locals, including Campagnegroep Guardian of Whitewebb, brought the council to High Court to challenge what they claimed was an illegal closure of a public space.
Activists claim that the new development would not benefit the community at all, despite the claims of Spurs, and say that it will only tear up their old forest.
Some Spurs fans have even withdrawn their membership in protest against the plans.
One donor for a crowdfunder who wants to help campaigners to fight a second legal fight against the club and the council said: “Enfield Council should be ashamed of himself and that should also do spurs, I will withdraw my membership.”
Local Resident Faith said: “My parents came from Enfield and they talked about Whitewebbs Park. I donate in their memory.
“My husband is a Spurs fan – he will no longer support them.”
Caroline said: “We tried to embody the saying in our fight against them.
“Many of our supporters are Spurs fans who feel abandoned by a club that they have done so much energy to support.”
The campaigners hope to finance a successful legal battle to let the plans withdraw, with the Guardians of Whitewebbs group that describes the situation as “devastating”.
When the town hall approved the development last month, it said that “inappropriate development on the green belt represents, despite the proposal, very special circumstances have been demonstrated”.
Campaigners hope to raise £ 30,000 to finance the urgent judicial assessment of the ENFIield Council decision.
At the time of writing, more than £ 23,000 has already been collected, with 14 days of the campaign that can still be go.
After the town hall gave the development The Green Light, the leader of Enfield Council, CLLR Erbil, said: “We welcome the news that, as expected, the mayor of London has decided to switch on the plans submitted by Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
“Because of this important step, the exciting vision for Whitewebs Park will improve. The plans include improved access to nature, improvements in the park, including more trees and good facilities such as a cafe.
“It also paves the way for creating new community and sports facilities, including a best-in-class women's and girls' football academy that will inspire future generations.”
Tottenham's plans to place the new academy in addition to the existing men's facility would allow around 11,000 square meters of facilities to be shared, reducing new construction work and CO2 emissions.
The new regulation also includes a community involvement plan for local football training for around 36,700 hours a year, and free transport to community training for schools.