Florentia Clothing Village is a 5.5-acre riverside site in Tottenham Hale, N4, poised to become one of North London’s most characterful new neighbourhoods. The evolving masterplan, led by Ellis Miller Architects, retains and creatively re-uses the robust concrete-framed warehouse buildings that have housed independent fashion businesses for decades, while introducing carefully scaled new-build elements to deliver a genuine mixed-use urban village on the edge of the Lee Valley Regional Park.

The proposed scheme delivers approximately 42,000 m² of new and refurbished floorspace configured as follows:

• Residential (C3) – c. 24,300 m²
  A mix of affordable and private homes ranging from studios to family-sized apartments, primarily within sensitively extended existing buildings and four new-build pavilions.

• Flexible Retail, Café/Restaurant & Market Hall (A1/A3) – c. 7,900 m²
  Independent shops, cafés, restaurants and a double-height 1,940 m² covered Market Hall at the heart of the village, animating the public realm and preserving Florentia’s historic role as a creative and trading hub.

• Creative Workspace (B1/sui generis) – c. 5,300 m²
  Retained and upgraded studios and offices for existing fashion and maker businesses, plus new flexible workspace for start-ups and growing creative enterprises.

• Community & Leisure uses (F1/F2/D2) – to be incorporated within retained structures.

The design strategy combines adaptive re-use of 16,678 m² of the best existing warehouse fabric with 21,008 m² of considerate new-build and 5,336 m² of additions (roof extensions, infill structures and courtyard insertions). This approach preserves the raw industrial character, dramatically reduces embodied carbon, and keeps the soul of Florentia intact while achieving the density and mix required for a viable, vibrant 21st-century neighbourhood.

Extensive pre-application consultation with Haringey Council, local residents and existing tenants is shaping the proposals, with two planning routes under consideration: a full detailed consent (as successfully delivered at Shoreditch Village) or a hybrid parameter-based masterplan allowing phased delivery.

Florentia Village will be an authentic, inclusive and sustainably delivered new piece of London – rooted in its creative past, open to the riverside, and built for the future.

Client: Chris Yianni, Florentia Clothing Village