Locals hit back at Spurs’ football plans for ‘green and biodiverse’ space

Enfield council’s move to lease part of north London park to Tottenham Hotspur prompts local anger and judicial review

The expansion of women’s football has been pitched against public green space and a rewilded golf course in a growing dispute between Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and local residents.

The club are expected to submit a planning application for a “world-leading” women’s football academy with all-weather pitches, floodlights and a “turf academy” on a section of Whitewebbs Park a few miles from their stadium in north London.