The Lateral Property Group have submitted an amended version of their planning application to develop the Fox pub and its car park. Following public consultation and discussions with Enfield planning officers, the new application is for an increased number of flats (54 rather than 44), of which 30 per cent would be classified as "affordable" (compared with a target set by the Mayor of London at 50 per cent).
Planning application summaries compared
Original application
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Finsbury Park to St Pancras via East Croydon and Purley?Photo courtesy of the 1London BlogThameslink train services providing direct services between Great Northern stations and Gatwick Airport via Finsbury Park are due to start in May, but as of 26th February a "preview" service has been running..
The service is very limited - three trains a day in each direction on Mondays to Fridays only, all between the morning and evening peaks. They run between Peterborough in the north and Brighton.......
HERE - THE SUBURBAN FILM FESTIVAL is about the diversity of interests, people and places in the suburbs of London. HERE is not in the West End, Southbank or Shoreditch. HERE in the suburbs we aren’t the swanky super-rich, the celebrity glitterati or bearded hipsters. HERE is where the cinema creatives of London produce their best output. HERE is where life is a rich diversity of race, religion and culture. HERE is where most.......
The search is on for Enfield residents who have previously worked at Forty Hall Farm, or anyone who has memories of the Farm and its history.
Land girls in Southgate Park, during WWII. Source: Enfield Local Studies Centre.
Thanks to funding from the Enfield Society, Forty Hall Farm in north Enfield has been awarded a project grant to produce a series of information boards for visitors, to tell the history of the Farm and farming in Enfield.
Farm manager Kate McGeevor explains:.......
Enfield Council is currently running the statutory consultation phase for the package of traffic orders proposed for the "Fernleign Road" Quieter Neighbourhood, which covers a large area extending from Stonard Road in Palmers Green to Station Road in Winchmore Hill.
The first phase of consultations was held in October and November. For the statutory consultation, which runs up to 18th March, some changes have been made in response to feedback from the first phase, but the overall scheme.......
On 15th March North London Hospice will be launching its Health and Wellbeing Service and its day centre in Barrowell Green will become the Health and Wellbeing Centre. This isn't just a new name for its existing outpatient services - the Hospice is in the process of expanding the scale and range of services it offers to patients and carers, with a special focus on symptom management, rehabilitation, self-management, social, psychological and emotional wellbeing.
2018 is the centenary year of the extension of the right to vote to (some) women. In recognition of the fact that many leading campaigners for women's suffrage lived in and around Palmers Green, Southgate and Winchmore Hill and that local halls, churches and schools hosted campaign meetings, Enfield Council will next month be unveiling a plaque at Palmers Green Triangle.
The unveiling will take place at 10.30am on 8th March - International Women's Day. Palmers Green Triangle has been chosen.......
London's (probably the UK's?) only authentic Czech brewery has outgrown its premises in Bowes Park and is moving to a new and bigger home in Tottenham.
The Broomfield House Trust and Enfield Museum Service have agreed to hold a joint exhibition, "Hidden Treasures: Revealing Broomfield House", at the Dugdale Centre in Enfield from 23 July 2018 until 6 January 2019.
The Broomfield House Trust will be using donations and a grant from the Enfield Society to fund the restoration and display of the Minerva panel of the Lanscroon Murals, which will be the centre piece of the display. We are awaiting formal permission from Enfield Counci,l who "own".......
Palmers Green Writers Group are looking for new members.
We are a small group of writers living in the Palmers Green and Southgate area. We meet fortnightly to offer constructive feedback on each other’s work in a friendly, informal setting. We enjoy all forms of creative writing, including novels, short stories, poems and scripts.
Whether you’re starting out or well on the way to being published, so long as you’re serious about writing, you’ll be welcome.
Email Alex.......
Cathy Taylor of Friends of Broomfield Park ran a workshop last October to teach people how to use leaves from the park to make unique items of ceramic jewellery. Cathy has now fired the visitors' creations and, if you were one of the artists, you can now collect them from Broomfield Conservatory.
The Conservatory is open on Wednesday and Sundays only, between 2pm and 4pm. Just call in, admire the plants and collect your items of jewellery from the stewards on duty.
Cathy took.......
There have been further acts of vandalism and arson in Broomfield Park, culminating in the destruction of a "bug hotel" that had been created by children.
The burning out of the bug hotel in Broomfield Community Orchard follows an earlier incident, in which bags of waste material were set on fire. The fire was so fierce that the interior of a metal shed next to the bags was charred.
The orchard was targeted by vandals in January, when eight fruit trees were destroyed. There has.......
