What Ward's Corner could look lke - complete with a prominent open entrance for the rebuilt market

Tensions look set to reach boiling point at a meeting set to decide whether a controversial Tottenham building scheme will go ahead.

The proposed new square, viewed from Tottenham High Road looking north.

The Wards Corner development, rebranded as the Seven Sisters Regeneration by applicant Grainger, goes before Haringey’s planning committee at the Civic Centre on Monday in what is sure to be a heated meeting, just three weeks after a public meeting on the scheme had to be abandoned as frustration boiled over.

Grainger, which unveiled updated plans for the site above Seven Sisters Tube station in May, will be hoping it finally gets planning permission after four years of wrangling with the council and opposition groups.

It claims there is widespread support for the proposals, with 130 people registering their support for their vision for the future of the Victorian department store and its surroundings, as well as more than 55 signaturies of support on a trader’s petition.

Grainger’s development director David Walters said: “The support so far shown towards the proposals highlights an acknowledgment of the benefits the long-awaited Seven Sisters Regeneration will deliver.

“It demonstrates that, in spite of some opposition to the development locally, there is support from other local residents and traders who do want this £65million of investment into Tottenham and Seven Sisters.”

But groups like the Wards Corner Community Coalition (WCC) still argue the development - which would see the indoor market kept, as well as a new retail area and flats - is not what residents want.

Opponents to the scheme are expected to attend the meeting in droves.

WCC’s Candy Amsden said: “We hope they will reject it, but it is a battle and it will go on. We have to fight. They have to be shown they have to take us into account.”

The row has spread to Haringey’s political groups as well, with the Liberal Democrats claiming the Labour group has upped the number of its councillors sitting on the planning committee to ensure the scheme is approved.

Labour angrily rejected the claim, pointing out the change comes as they are required by law to reflect the political make-up of the council on each committee.

Whatever the decision on Monday, the battle looks set to rumble on: Grainger’s original designs, rejected by the council in 2011, will go before the planning inspector this autumn for a final decision.