37 social-rent homes at Woodridings Court N22 go to a builder on Monday. On Thursday scrutiny panels look at the new SEND strategy and adult care waiting lists.

Haringey Council has three meetings with published papers between Monday 28 September and Friday 2 October. The biggest decision is on Monday: a builder for 37 council homes next to Woodridings Court in Alexandra ward. On Thursday two scrutiny panels meet at the same time.

Every paper below is on the council’s meetings calendar.

Monday 28 September, 12.30pm: Woodridings Court N22 contract

Where: Alexandra House, Station Road, N22 7TY. Who decides: the Cabinet Member for Housing, at a Cabinet Member Signing.

The report asks the cabinet member to appoint a contractor for 37 flats. They would be built on a disused undercroft car park and podium beside the existing Woodridings Court block.

What the report says about the scheme:

  • all 37 homes would be council housing let at social rent
  • three would be built to the M4(3) wheelchair-accessible standard
  • the homes would use modular construction
  • the car park and podium have been out of use for about 30 years and are secured and closed off because of antisocial behaviour
  • the scheme adds communal gardens, informal play space, cycle storage and new bin stores

The history matters. Cabinet added the site to its building programme in July 2019. Planning permission for 33 flats came in March 2023. A change adding a storey and four more flats was approved in December 2025.

The first tender, in June 2025, failed. The report says the only bid “significantly exceeded the Council’s available budget”. A second tender drew two bids by 5 June 2026.

The contractor’s name and the price are in an exempt appendix, so the public will not see them before Monday. The report expects work to start in autumn 2026 and finish by early spring 2028.

The report also asks for powers to override third-party rights over the land, under Section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016. Anyone with a valid claim would get compensation instead of the right to stop the work.

Thursday 1 October, 6.30pm: Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Panel

Where: George Meehan House, 294 High Road, N22 8JZ. Agenda and papers.

The new SEND strategy. Councillors get the results of the consultation on Haringey’s plan for children with special educational needs and disabilities, and for alternative provision, for 2026 to 2029. The report says:

  • the consultation ran from 8 December 2025 to 2 February 2026 and drew 139 responses
  • early intervention and good local provision were ranked most important
  • parents raised access to therapy, mental health waiting times and overnight short breaks
  • the strategy now carries the title “Every child included. Every voice heard. Every difference celebrated” and promises a borough-wide Inclusion Charter

Youth justice. The panel also reviews year two of the Youth Justice Plan. The progress report says the service supported 251 children in 2025/26. It projects offences to rise by 23%, or 71 offences, compared with 2024/25.

The agenda also carries a quarter one finance update (our report on the £21.7m quarter one overspend has the headline figures) and an update on the government’s schools white paper.

Thursday 1 October, 6.30pm: Adults and Health Scrutiny Panel

Where: George Meehan House, 294 High Road, N22 8JZ. Agenda and papers.

The Care Quality Commission rated Haringey’s adult social care “Requires Improvement” in February 2025. The panel gets a progress report on the improvement plan. It says that since June 2024:

  • the waiting list for Care Act assessments is down 57%, to 326 people, with a median wait of 39 days
  • the carers’ assessment waiting list is down to 23 people
  • the backlog of financial assessments is down 80%, to 217 cases
  • the backlog of statutory reviews is down 36%

The report says waiting times “remain too long” in some areas, particularly occupational therapy. The panel also has a paper on gambling harms and a quarter one finance update.

What it means for you

  • You can go. All three meetings are open to the public, apart from the exempt contract item on Monday. Contact details for each clerk are on the agenda pages.
  • Near Woodridings Court? Monday’s decision is the last one councillors need to take before building starts. The report says construction is due to begin this autumn.
  • A SEND parent? Thursday’s report sets out what the council changed after the consultation. The panel meets in public, so you can hear councillors question it.
  • Waiting for a care assessment? The adult care figures are the council’s own. The report gives a median wait, so half of people wait longer than 39 days.

Sources: Haringey Council committee papers for 28 September and 1 October (children’s panel, adults panel).