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.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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06 October 2024
Enfield and Barnet councils have launched a joint project looking at the potential for improving the New Southgate area. The first phase is a public engagement aimed at finding out what the local community like about their area, what they don't like and their ideas for improvements.
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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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10 July 2024
A powerful message for the new occupier of No 10 Downing Street from a 14-year-old resident of Ponders End.
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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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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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