Paul Rogers, Programme Manager for Cycle Enfield in Enfield Council's Planning, Highways and Transportation division, has provided the following high level programme dates for the A105 Enfield Town to Palmers Green.
Activity
Start Date
Finish Date
Preliminary design
13/11/14
22/04/15
Modelling
17/07/14
08/07/15
Consultation
27/11/14
04/11/15
Scheme approval
20/08/15
16/12/15
Detailed design.......
Ask your average music-lover to name half-a-dozen Germanic or Italian or Russian composers and he or she will rattle off a list with ease. But Scandinavian composers? Hmm. Well, Sibelius, of course, and Grieg, then, let's see, Nielsen, er ......
On the cold northern fringe of Europe, Scandinavia tends not to be thought of as a fully paid-up part of the continent's culture, at least as far as classical music is concerned. Except for the justly well-known Sibelius and Grieg, concert planners.......
Having posted some notes on the street redesign in the Turnpike Lane/West Green area. I went down this morning to take a look at the work. I still not sure how relevant this is to the Fox Lane area Quiet Neighbourhood sscheme, basically because the street plan is so different. However the individual elements may be of some interest. These are the subject of the attached photos which can be related to the original plan included in the earlier posting.
One thought arises is that if Fox Lane was.......
The organisers of the 2014 St Nicholas Fair still have a few vacancies for stallholders.
As before, the Fair will be held on Winchmore Hill Green, starting at 11am on Saturday 13th December and running through until 7pm.
If you're interested in having a stall or pitch at the Fair, all the relevant details and an application form are online.
To get an idea of the kind of buzz that the Fair has created in the past, watch this video:.......
Southgate District Civic Trust has begun compiling a list of "community assets" within its area of coverage, which includes Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill and is asking for suggestions for additions to its list.
The concept of "Assets of Community Value" was introduced by the Localism Act 2011. According to the Civic Voice website,
A building or land in your council’s area must be listed as an asset of community value if:
current primary use of the building/land or use of.......
There's a lot more going on about traffic management/traffic calming locally than I had realised - in addition to Mini-Holland (rebranded as Cycle Enfield) and the Quieter Neighbourhoods schemes (see this article) In particular two schemes, one in Enfield and one in Haringey, seem relevant.
DIY Streets Edmonton
Enfield are engaged with Sustrans on a "DIY" street scheme which involves Church Street Edmonton between the A10 and Hertford Road. Church Street has similarities to Green Lanes........
Long delayed plans to restore one of Palmers Greens' most notable buildings - Truro House, located on the corner of Green Lanes and Oakthorpe Road - are finally set to move ahead after agreement was reached between its owners and Enfield Council.
The project involves restoration of the main house as single dwelling, conversion of the coach house into a dwelling, and the construction of two apartment blocks comprising 25 flats in total.
The redevelopment project was stalled for several.......
Palmers Green Community has obtained information about the extent of the "Quieter Neighbourhoods" that Enfield Council is planning to create in and around Palmers Green. At next week's open meeting of Fox Lane and District Residents' Association the Council is expected to provide some more details of what exactly they have in mind and how they intend to consult. Non-members of FLDRA who live within the Association's area - that bounded by Green Lanes, Bourne Hill, The Bourne,.......
Despite the name, Finchley & Friern Barnet Operatic Society, or FFBOS for short, is based in Enfield borough, rehearsing in New Southgate and performing at the Intimate Theatre in Palmers Green.
The next FFBOS show - the classic musical Mack and Mabel - opens at the Intimate on 12th October and runs until the 15th.
The opening night will be a gala performance in aid of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care in Barnet. One of the guests will be Elaine Page, who is Honorary President of FFBOS.
See.......
Southgate District Civic Trust and Enfield Grammar School are combining to place a local blue plaque on the house where pioneer wildlife photographer Oliver Pike (1877-1963) lived with his family from 1882 to 1914, 96 Green Dragon Lane in Winchmore Hill, which was the location for his early natural history photographs and books. The plaque will be unveiled on 16 November 2014 at 2pm by two of Oliver Pike’s grandsons, Jonathan and Richard Dollimore.
Oliver Pike was probably the first.......
A new film with footage of Palmers Green is now out - and Talkies hasn't yet shown it.
The film is a little wobbly - understandably, since the cameraman, Paul Smith, was filming while riding a bike from Enfield Town to Harringay along one of the proposed new improved cycle routes included in the "Mini-Holland/Cycle Enfield" scheme, to get a better idea of whether or not the proposed new cycle lanes are needed.
His verdict? "A route with great potential for cyclists if the Enfield council has.......
Enfield Council's plan to leave parks unlocked overnight will be discussed by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday. The meeting will be held in the Civic Centre at 7.30pm on 29th October.
The proposal to cease locking parks for a trial period of one year is an economy measure - a saving of £22.000 is anticipated. The paper being considered on Wednesday envisages that vehicle entrances would still be locked overnight. It also states that if a known specific.......