Tottenham Hotspur get go-ahead to build new 56,000-seater stadium at White Hart Lane after High Court challenge is rejected
Tottenham are planning to redevelop their stadium at a cost of £400million
Local business Archway Steel Metal Works objected to the compulsory purchase order being used to force them out of their Paxton Road site
But now the Metal Works lost their High Court challenge of the order
Spurs now have the go-ahead to build and hope to be finished by 2018
Permission to appeal rejected but Archway could go directly to Court of Appeal judges
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Last November, a mystery fire gutted the Archway premises, which is alongside White Hart Lane's North Stand. The owners also they have received 'bomb threats'.
Mr Justice Dove said the Josif family trustees had been perfectly entitled to 'fight the appropriation of their land at each stage of the process in a legitimate and proper exercise of their rights.'
But the judge added: 'It follows from my conclusions I am satisfied there was no legal flaw in the process and it was in the public interest that this (purchase order) be made.'
The defeated Josif family members left court without making any immediate comment. They have been ordered to pay the Community Secretary's legal costs.
Both Spurs and Haringey Council applied for part of their costs to be paid by Archway, but the judge dismissed their applications.