Green Belt

Continuation of new town proposals branded “heavy-handed and autocratic”

10 June 2026

On the eve of delivering a petition to Sir Keir Starmer, Action for Enfield's future have condemned the “apparently single-minded pursuit” by the prime minister and the mayor of London of the project to create a new town in the north west of the borough.

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Green belt defenders: “opposition to new town was a defining feature of election”

20 May 2026

Following this month's local elections, which left no party with overall control of Enfield Council, Action for Enfield's Future have issued a combined update to supporters and press release, outlining the actions they have taken since the elections to support the campaign against construction of a new town on Green Belt land and calling on supporters to attend a lobby of the first meeting of the new council.

Time is running out to comment on the New Town proposal

14 May 2026

Enfield RoadWatch, one of the groups campaigning against the Crews Hill & Chase Park new town, has published a step-by-step guide to responding to the government's consultation on its proposals for several new towns in various parts of England. The deadline for responding is 19th May.

“Dear Prime Minister ... withdraw this reckless, irreversible proposal”

29 April 2026

As next month's elections to Enfield Council draw nearer, groups opposed to proposals to create a “new town” on a large tract of the borough's Green Belt are calling on voters to write to the prime minister and to bear the new town project in mind at the ballot box. Action for Enfield's Future says that around a thousand people wrote last Saturday, in addition to a similar number who did so at the previous weekend's events in Crews Hill.

Enfield groups tell prime minister: “New towns are for Placemaking, you should not be Placebreaking”

22 April 2026

At last weekend's “day of action” in Crews Hill a letter to the prime minister was signed by more than a thousand visitors to the events organised by groups opposed to construction of a “new town” in the north west of Enfield borough. The campaigners will be back seeking further signatures on Saturday, when Enfield RoadWatch will have a stall outside Barclays Bank in Enfield Town between 10am and 2pm.

A new town in the north of the borough: 'opportunity' or 'cause for alarm'?

07 October 2025

Is the proposal for a 'new town' in the north of Enfield borough 'a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to change lives and help families grow and thrive', as council leader Ergin Erbil describes it, or 'a cause for great alarm', the view taken by the Enfield Society?

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Council consulting on proposed housing developments in the Green Belt

10 September 2025

Enfield Council has launched consultations on 'masterplans' for its controversial proposed housing developments in the Green Belt, at Crews Hill and 'Chase Park'. The consultations are open for two weeks only, from 8th September to 22nd September.

Debating the council's Green Belt housing proposals

01 September 2025

In the run-up to a meeting to discuss the Enfield Local Plan, the Green Belt, and the borough’s housing crisis, to be held at the Dugdale Centre on 15th September, the editor of Enfield Dispatch takes to the columns of the capital-wide news website On London to describe some of the issues that have arisen so far at the Examination in Public of the plan.

The next London Plan and the Green Belt: Enfield campaigners set out their views

11 June 2025

Enfield RoadWatch, a voluntary group set up to defend the borough's Green Belt, has some recommendations for people who are planning to respond to the Mayor of London's initial consultation about the next iteration of the London Plan.

Conservation charity calls London mayor's Green Belt review a "distraction" from tackling the capital's housing crisis

27 February 2025

Local campaigners opposed to proposals for housebuilding on countryside in the north of Enfield borough were among the first to hear about an appeal today to the mayor of London to abandon plans for a review of the Green Belt and instead tackle the 'real causes' of the housing crisis.

Green belt conservation group publishes its impressions of the first tranche of Enfield Local Plan hearings

09 February 2025

Green Belt defence group Enfield RoadWatch have issued a newsletter summarising and discussing some of the main points raised during the first phase of formal inspection of the Enfield Local Plan.

Examination in public of Enfield Local Plan begins

22 January 2025

Examination in public of the Enfield Local Plan began at 9.30 this morning and continues until next Thursday (and possibly also next Friday morning. This article has links to the live streaming of the event on YouTube.

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Examination in public of Enfield Local Plan begins (2)

22 January 2025

Whitewebbs: "What Tottenham Hotspur and Enfield Council don't want you to know"

24 September 2024

Watch a 5-minute video by the Guardians of Whitewebbs, created by musician and producer Avid Beats, presenting a view about the plans for Whitewebbs which is very different from that presented by Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and Enfield Council.

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Whitewebbs campaigners issue urgent crowdfunding appeal

12 June 2024

Campaigners opposed to the leasing of part of Whitewebbs Park to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to launch an appeal against the judicial review which found that Enfield Council's decision to let the land is lawful.

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Societies issue final appeal to public to object to draft Enfield Local Plan

01 May 2024

With the deadline approaching, the Enfield Society and Enfield RoadWatch have jointly issued a leaflet informing residents how they can object to elements of the draft Enfield Local Plan that the societies are strongly opposed to: construction on the green belt and tall buildings in town centres.

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London Assembly Enfield & Haringey constituency climate hustings

10 April 2024

Quentin Given from Friends of the Earth reports on this week's climate hustings, held in Wood Green, to which four of the candidates for the post of Assembly Member for Enfield & Haringey were invited.

Enfield Local Plan: Window for submissions open until 20th May

10 April 2024

The long and complex process by which the new Enfield Local Plan is being developed has now moved on to the 'Regulation 19' stage, which provides a final opportunity for members of the public to submit written representations. Understanding the plan and the processes for drawing it up and approving it requires specialist expertise, and both the council and the civil sector societies opposed to elements of the plan are offering advice to residents who wish to be involved.

Full council debates Enfield Local Plan next Tuesday

13 March 2024

Full council will debate the Enfield Local Plan on Tuesday 19th March at 7pm. There will be overspill accommodation at the Civic Centre to watch the debate, which will also be accessible online.

Council leader postpones debate on Enfield Local Plan

07 March 2024

Discussion by Full Council of the Enfield Local Plan has been postponed until 19th March so that data supporting the plan can be read by councillors.

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