Introducing a desk-sharing system for staff and selling off the Civic Centre are among the cost-cutting measures put forward in a report from Haringey Council.

It follows a survey which highlighted wasted space in a number of council buildings across the borough.

The report suggests the council should consider introducing "hot desking" where staff working in shifts use the same desks but at different times.

Homeworking and having more than one employee per desk were other options in the document presented to this month's policy and strategy committee.

Haringey Council is currently looking at ways to reduce the number of properties it rents.

Instead it wants to make better use of the buildings it owns which are found to be more cost-effective.

A number of leased properties are currently being phased out while the council is also negotiating cheaper rent deals for others.

However, selling the council-owned Civic Centre in Wood Green High Road has not been ruled out.

Estimates show it will need £1.3 million of repairs over the next 20 years to keep it in good condition and further studies are to be carried out.

The options include keeping the building and carrying out the work, demolishing it and rebuilding a new centre or selling the site.

Tottenham Town Hall in the High Road is a property earmarked to be sold off.

The developer which has taken over the former council-run Clyde Road Depot and Tottenham swimming baths is interested in acquiring the building, according to the report.

A sale of Hornsey Town Hall in Crouch End is deemed unlikely because of its age and restrictions by its listed status.

The report states the most viable option is to keep it for its present use as office accommodation.

Councillors are considering the proposals b

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