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Heritage

Civic Trust restates opposition to Southgate Office Village redevelopment proposals

28 October 2019

Southgate District Civic Trust has restated its commitment to fight proposals for a development incorporating three towers, including one 17 storeys high, close to the Southgate Circus Conservation Area, and has launched a campaign to raise money to help it argue its case at a planning panel to be held next month. Revised proposals submitted by the developer last week include a reduction in the height of the towers, but not by a large enough amount to satisfy opponents.

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Local groups encouraged to seek Lottery funding for heritage projects

21 October 2019

Following the official launch last week of the borough's new Heritage Strategy, Enfield Council is encouraging community groups to propose ideas for local heritage projects that could attract funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF). Recent changes to NLHF priorities mean that projects in Enfield should stand a higher chance of success when bidding for funds.

Towards a new local plan and heritage strategy for the borough

21 November 2018

Enfield Council will soon begin a new consultation phase as part of the process of developing a Local Plan for the period up to 2036. As part of the work a draft version of a new Heritage Strategy has been published.

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Local civic society seeks MP's support

18 November 2015

Southgate District Civic Trust is hoping to enlist the support of local MP David Burrowes for a new Parliamentary grouping that will be seeking to ensure that the views of local communities are taken into account in the planning process. The new All Party Parliamentary Group for Civic Societies has been set up in conjunction with Civic Voice, a national charity to which Southgate District Civic Trust (SDCT) is affliated.  Its initial focus will be on the historic environment, in which.......

Truro House: Light at the end of a long tunnel?

06 November 2014

Long delayed plans to restore one of Palmers Greens' most notable buildings - Truro House, located on the corner of Green Lanes and Oakthorpe Road - are finally set to move ahead after agreement was reached between its owners and Enfield Council.   The project involves restoration of the main house as single dwelling, conversion of the coach house into a dwelling, and the construction of two apartment blocks comprising 25 flats in total. The redevelopment project was stalled for several.......

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Enfield in the Open House 2020 Festival

12 September 2020

In this year's Open House Festival (now longer than just one weekend) you'll have an opportunity to visit (in some cases, only virtually) ten buildings or groups of buildings in Enfield borough, plus to tour the 'daylighted' parts of the Moore Brook, find out about the masterplan for Meridian Water and follow a 'self-guided' itinerary.

As we lose one landmark, another returns

13 March 2022

Last week the news was that PG will be losing one landmark - the Intimate Theatre. This week we can report the restoration of an old landmark, the turret on the Fox pub, complete with weathercock - or should that be 'weatherfox'?

Heritage guides to Southgate and Winchmore Hill

11 August 2022

The Enfield Society has published two new local heritage walk booklets, for Southgate and Winchmore Hill, both produced with help from Southgate District Civic Voice.

Broomfield House: What is the council up to?

21 September 2022

The saga of Broomfield House rolls slowly on, but what kind of ending it is heading towards remains as obscure as ever. Enfield Council has begun the process of submitting a new bid for Lottery Heritage Fund money to be used in connection with the ruined mansion. But the council has given no hint of its proposals to the public and, despite decades of hard work, community groups have again been sidelined.

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