12 November 2025
A recent walkabout of reported crime and ASB hotspots in Palmers Green by councillors and senior police officers was prompted by a letter from the local MP passing on concerns from constituents about incidents such as drug dealing carried out in broad daylight, leading to some residents 'withdrawing from their community' due to 'fear and lack of trust'.
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23 October 2025
The Fox is shuttered yet again, but starting next Monday we are promised 'something exciting'. Third time lucky?
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18 October 2025
Palmers Green Action team have encountered a setback to their efforts to tempt a cinema operator to set up in PG, but are 'not giving up'.
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08 October 2025
Following the preliminary engagement earlier this year regarding the introduction of more 20mph streets in the borough, Enfield Council has now launched a statutory consultation about its plans for three town centres: Palmers Green, Southgate and Edmonton.
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28 May 2025
The mayor of Enfield, Cllr Margaret Greer, was in Palmers Green on Saturday to cut the ribbon to mark the opening of the refurbished Devonshire Square.
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06 May 2025
Palmers Green's newest public space, Devonshire Square, is to be officially opened at 1pm on Saturday 24th May.
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06 April 2025
A gambling venue operator has won an appeal against a decision by Enfield Council to block conversion of the former Lloyds Bank premises in Palmers Green into a 24-hour slot-machine gaming centre. A few days after this decision was published, it was revealed that the leader of Enfield Council was one of a number of politicians from across the country who recently called for reforms that would make it easier for local authorities to refuse gambling licences
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25 March 2025
Two councillors last week took a closer look at the ongoing transformation of Palmers Green's newest public square.
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08 January 2025
The Palmers Green Action Team is calling on residents to oppose renewed attempts to obtain planning permission to convert a former bank into gambling venue. The deadline for objecting is 15th January.
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08 December 2024
Work to replace the current temporary layout of Devonshire Square with a permanent design will start in early January and be completed in March, ready for formal inauguration in April.
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24 October 2024
A new operator has been found for the Alfred Herring pub in Green Lanes. It will be re-opening as a "vibrant sports bar" with an "exciting food offering".
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23 July 2024
Five gorgeous models, all from the local community, strutted their stuff last weekend on a catwalk set up in Palmers Green's new space, Devonshire Square.
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03 July 2024
The deadline for responding to a statutory consultation regarding a permanent ban from driving on Devonshire Square is approaching. The 28-day period for submitting views about banning cars from the new pedestrianised space in Palmers Green will be up on 9th July.
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15 May 2024
Palmers Green residents are being invited by Enfield Council's Journeys and Places team to provide feedback on the recently published concept for a permanent redesign of Devonshire Square. In addition to an online survey running until 2nd June, there will be a public drop-in session at Arbeit Studios on Friday 24th May.
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06 March 2024
The Fox is due to re-open on Friday 8th March after a closure lasting exactly one week. The new operators run two north London pubs, the Victoria Stakes in Hornsey and the Gipsy Queen in Kentish Town.
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24 February 2024
At the Spring Market that will be held in Devonshire Square on Saturday 2nd March, the public will be invited to share their thoughts and ideas about preliminary work to develop a permanent layout for the square, now that the council has decided to make it permanent.
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06 February 2024
Police are treating the New Year's Day fire in St John the Evangelist church as arson. It was preceded by a campaign of misogynistic harrassment of the vicar, Rev Julie Coleman. Repairs and redecoration will cost 'tens of thousands' and the church may be out of use for six months.
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18 January 2024
Civil society groups in Enfield have repeated their calls to borough residents to ask their councillors to set up special ward forums to discuss the draft Enfield Local Plan before it is debated in full council. They are concerned in particular about plans to build on green belt land and for tall buildings in town centres, including Palmers Green. In addition, they want residents to call for the evidence that the draft plan is based on to be made available to the public.
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