For many, regeneration has become synonymous with gentrification and the exclusion of local people from the places where they have lived and done business for generations. Local communities are increasingly resistant to these plans.

In 2018, Haringey LBC was forced to abandon their plans for the £2bn Haringey Development Vehicle. The plans included demolishing 1,300 existing homes on the Northumberland Park estate in Tottenham. Although the scheme was slated to deliver 6,400 new homes, local residents feared they would not be able to afford to return to their own communities following the redevelopment.  Similar fears are commonly expressed by both residents and the traders being supported by Tree Shepherd.