The developer behind a controversial bid to turn a Tottenham market into hundreds of homes and shops has hit out at campaigners for submitting their own plan.

Grainger, which wants to demolish the Wards Corner building outside Seven Sisters Station, said the proposal submitted by a traders’ coalition was just an attempt to be disruptive.

The fate of Grainger’s application for 196 new homes, a new market, shops and restaurants will be decided at a meeting of Haringey Council’s planning committee on Monday night. A similar plan was rejected last July.

The campaigners’ planwould see the current market protected and improved, with a community space, stage, and art gallery on the upper floors.

In a statement, Grainger said: “The Wards Corner Community Coalition have talked about an alternative plan for over four years, and during that time they have provided no evidence to demonstrate how their plans can be viably delivered. Furthermore they do not own the land in order to deliver it.

“The timing of this submission is a clear attempt by the Coalition to disrupt the planning committee on Monday evening.

“We hope our application will be considered on its own merits as is expected, not only by ourselves but by members of the local community.”

Grainger believes the scheme could bring 600 jobs and £11million of new retail spending to the area in the next five years, but campaigners have labelled it an “overpowering clone town” that would destroy the independent traders’ livelihoods.

The firm’s development director David Walters admitted last month that he could not cap the rents of the stalls at the new market, but questioned why the current traders should get preferential treatment compared to other businesses.