The club attempted to challenge the decision of the London Borough of Haringey Council to grant planning permission for the land redevelopment. 

In granting the planning permission, the council stated that the development would “represent a significant step forward in progressing the council's and the community's ambition to ensure that north Tottenham is a fairer, healthier place” where all residents can “thrive”.

The regeneration project is set to deliver up to 2,929 sustainable homes, along with a new library and learning centre, a new public park and square, and an energy centre.  

Tottenham Hotspur rejected the idea of the planning permission and argued that the council failed to lawfully assess the totality of the heritage impacts of the scheme.

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The High Court ruled that heritage impacts were lawfully identified and were judged to be outweighed by the substantial public benefits which the development would deliver. 

The football club also claimed that the council unlawfully relied on the section 106 agreement and planning conditions ensuring that crowd control matters for the stadium would be appropriately addressed. 

The council decided that the combination of schedule 13 of the section 106 agreement and relevant conditions was sufficient to ensure that satisfactory crowd safety conditions would be achieved during the construction programme and thereafter.

The judge ruled that the council was “lawfully satisfied that the planning permission created a framework which would ensure that the access to the stadium (which was a key planning consideration) would be satisfactorily achieved without unreasonable impact on the claimant.”

The claim was therefore dismissed.