Planning

“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.

Enfield Council 'avoiding scrutiny of its new town bid'

08 April 2026

In an article published on their website this week, Better Homes Enfield write that, unlike other councils that submitted bids to the government for new town projects, Enfield Council has so far refused to publish its submission or provide it to the London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee.

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Celebrate Crews Hill and Enfield's countryside on the National Day of Action for Nature, Parks and Green Spaces

01 April 2026

Later this month, local environmental defence groups are joining forces to invite the borough's residents to tour some of the treasured Enfield landscapes that are under threat from proposals for a 'new town' and from Tottenham Hotspur's plan to build a training centre part of a former golf course turned ecological treasure trove.

Government consulting on proposals for 'new town' in Enfield Green Belt

29 March 2026

The government is currently consulting on draft proposals to build seven new towns in various parts of England, including 'Crews Hill and Chase Park' - locations in the north west of Enfield borough that contain large tracts of land currently classified as Green Belt. The consultation is open until 19th March.

Pinkham Way campaign update

18 March 2026

An update on the campaign being fought by the Pinkham Way Alliance to safeguard environmentally precious woodland adjacent to the North Circular (on the left when driving towards Finchley).

A 'new vision' for an Enfield Town shopping centre: Have your say

03 December 2025

The public are being invited to put their views to the team that will be taking a 'fresh approach' to redevelopment of the Palace Gardens shopping centre in Enfield Town. In a change from earlier proposals, redevelopment is now envisaged for only part of Palace Gardens and none of the somewhat newer Palace Exchange shopping centre, located to the east of Palace Gardens.

Pinkham Way and Haringey's Local Plan - you can help

25 November 2025

Karl Brown argues why Enfield residents should lend their voices to a campaign to ensure that a Grade 1 Site of Importance for Nature Conservation just over the border in Haringey should no longer be classified as suitable for industrial uses

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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.

Latest Enfield Society newsletter published

02 June 2025

The Enfield Society has published its 2025 summer newsletter - the 238th edition of this information-packed publication with the usual mix of fascinating news about the borough's past, present and future.

Palmers Green and Highfield residents: A chance to meet your councillors

31 March 2025

At a joint Palmers Green and Highfield Ward Forum on 7th April residents will hear updates from and be able to raise issues with the councillors who represent the two adjacent wards.

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

PG Action Team renews call to oppose new gambling venue in Green Lanes

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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St Anne's moving away from PG?

10 October 2024

A new document published as part of the process of drawing up the new Enfield Local Plan indicates that St Anne's school are proposing closing their site in Palmers Green so that it can be redeveloped for housing.

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