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Enfield Council has announced that in order to address the shortfall of primary school places in the south west of the Borough it will be adding a new reception class from September. The new class will be a "partner school" managed by Bowes Primary School, which recently received an Outstanding assessment from Ofsted, but initially will be located on the premises of Broomfield School in Wilmer Way. At some future date it will relocate to a permanent home - possibly at the site.......
Further information about how the Cycle Enfield project (formerly "Mini-Holland") will be implemented has been provided by Liam Mulrooney, the council officer who heads the Traffic, Road Safety and Parking Group in Enfield Council's Regeneration and Environment Department. This confirms and supplements the information contained in a recent letter from Mr Mulrooney regarding implementation of Cycle Enfield in Palmers Green.
On Thursday Mr Mulrooney told a meeting of the Enfield.......
Enfield Council has scrapped the system of publicly accessible area forums that was in operation prior to the recent council elections.
Area forums were centrally organised and advertised and brought together councillors and residents from groups of three neighbouring wards.
Instead of area forums there will be Ward Forums, organised by the councillors for each ward. In a letter announcing the change, the Head of Corporate Scrutiny and Community Outreach claims that as a result the.......
Enfield Council have provided a written statement outlining their plans for consultation about implementing the "Mini-Holland" cycle scheme (now rechristened "Cycle Enfield") along Green Lanes and carrying out "urban realm improvements" in Palmers Green town centre. The letter clearly states that it is not the intention of the Council to "remove the Palmers Green Triangle".
As expected, the urban realm improvements will be funded using Cycle Enfield money provided by the Mayor of.......
The 2014 N21 Summer Exhibition on 5th July will be repeating last year's successful formula: artists showing and selling their work on the Green, live acoustic music, Prosecco by the glass and (hopefully this year) sunshine outdoors on the Green, while inside the King's Head craftspeople will be exhibiting and selling their goods, such as ceramics, jewellery and textiles.
This year Southgate Photographic Society will again be showing some of the superb work created by their members, all.......
Last summer we reported on a consultation exercise relating to the route of the planned Crossrail 2 rail link between North London/Hertfordshire and South West London. Subsequently TfL engineers have come up with a modified scheme, based on last year's "Regional Option", and are consulting again, but only in relation to the proposed changes.
The changes to the earlier proposal comprise new options for stations in the Chelsea area and in Hackney and Dalston, but of most interest to.......
The debate about the "Mini-Holland" cycling improvements along Green Lanes has so far been pretty polarized: on the one hand, advocates of cycle lanes along the whole street, on the other some fierce defence of the right of drivers to park in Green Lanes close to the shops they want to visit. Cycle lane supporters claim that there is evidence to suggest that reducing car parking would boost shop sales, those defending the interests of local businesses dismiss this argument as.......
The Enfield Cycling Campaign is hoping that by organising a "Cycle Cash Mob" to coincide with the Palmers Green Festival of Shopping they will be able to soothe the concerns of shopkeepers in Green Lanes about the effects of the planned "Mini-Holland" cycle improvements on their businesses.
The Shopping Carnival will be held on Saturday 5th July and the Cycling Campaign is asking its members - and anyone else who would like to see safer conditions for cyclists in Palmers Green - to assemble in.......
A pressure group has criticised Enfield Council for failing to uphold an earlier assurance that it would provide a new two-form entry primary school in the South West of the Borough from September this year.
In February the campaigning group SWEAT (the South West Enfield Action Team) stated that they had been assured by Enfield's Director of Schools and Children's Services that the acknowledged shortfall in primary school provision in the area would be plugged by opening a temporary.......
When Palmers Green Library reopens in the summer of 2015 after its refurbishment, it appears that bookshelf space will be considerably smaller than at present. In fact, one regular user's conclusion from looking at the artist's impressions of the refurbished library is that it will no longer really be a library, just a room with some books:
I have recently been in the PG Library and taken a quick look at the architect's illustrations of the refurbished premises. Initially I thought there.......
This year the annual shopping festival in Palmers Green - to be held on 5th July - will be transformed into a Shopping Carnival and expanded. In addition to the usual children's attractions at the Green Lanes end of Hazelwood Lane, there will be two music stages - one in Green Lanes, the other on Aldermans Hill. And the Triangle will become a market place.
The Green Lanes Business Association, which organises the Shopping Carnival, is encouraging shops, restaurants and cafes to make the most of.......
The new neighbourhood watch for Park Avenue and New River Crescent got off to a lively start on 3rd June, when around 30 residents attended a meeting at the Fox, set up at the initiative of Pamela Ramtohul, a relative newcomer to Palmers Green, who in preparation for the meeting called at every house in Park Avenue and most addresses in New River Crescent. She told the meeting that she had become aware that there was a proper community spirit in the streets, though less so towards the Green.......