The team engaged Haringey’s pre-application service to establish the principle of the various heritage-led improvements, stating their importance to the quality of the site and its contribution to the local community.
Bruce Grove Youth Space is a facility for young people in Haringey who are aged between 11 and 19 (up to 25 years old where there is a specific additional need or disability). The centre makes use of a wide range of informal learning opportunities to enable young people to feel safe, to develop as individuals and to participate, and contribute, as valued members of the local community. The centre facilitates sports to encourage healthy lifestyles, specific activities targeting girls, a focus on developing life skills and promoting inclusion of young people with SEND.
The Youth Space sits within the large garden to the rear of 10 Bruce Grove, a Grade II listed Georgian villa and one of the oldest buildings in the Bruce Grove Conservation Area. We have helped progress a much-needed refurbishment of the Youth Space including a new recording studio, kitchen enhancement, and internal layout changes. Externally the proposals have incorporated SuDS through new vegetable beds and soft landscaping, a new bike workshop and cycle parking, and outdoor gym. The forecourt in front of the Listed Building has been enhanced with heritage informed improvements to doors and gates and building façade repairs.
The team engaged Haringey’s pre-application service to establish the principle of the various heritage-led improvements, stating their importance to the quality of the site and its contribution to the local community. We submitted a comprehensive planning and listed building consent applications, based on robust archival information to inform design choices Upon completion the scheme will deliver a series of benefits to the Youth Space and wider community, including:
- The enhancement of facilities at the Youth Space, a key community resource;
- Significant improvement to surface water run-off, building sustainability, urban greening, and biodiversity;
- Heritage benefits arising from the holistic and historically informed approach to design, including building repairs and formalisation of 10 Bruce Grove
