Race relations victory quashes demolition plans
Race relations campaigners have won a landmark victory to prevent a local market in London being demolished.
The indoor market, shops and homes near Seven Sisters Tube station were due to be knocked down after Haringey council gave permission for new flats to be built on the site.
However, a campaign group said the council was in breach of a Race Relations Act provision, as it had not considered such issues when making its decision.
The market consists of many Latin American stalls, and the proposed demolition plans would have affected hundreds of black and ethnic minority residents.
Consequently, the Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the protestors, claiming that the council did not take the area's thriving racial diversity into account.
Lord Justice Pill said: "There was sufficient potential impact on equality of opportunity between persons of different racial groups, and on good relations between such groups, to require that the impact of the decision on those aspects of social and economic life be considered."
Campaigner and local resident Janet Harris said she was "delighted" that the demolitions plans had been reversed.
