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Southgate District Civic Trust (SDCT) have reported that a pub in the Southgate Circus conservation area has been demolished without planning permission having been obtained.
SDCT say that demolition of the pub Maze Inn is currently under investigation by Enfield Council’s Planning Enforcement Team, adding that SDCT’s Planning Group will be" watching this with interest, particularly as there is always the possibility the owners are waiting to see the outcome of the SOV [Southgate Office Village planning application], in case it sets a precedent for high-rise buildings in Southgate".
The Maze Inn was only the most recent of a succession of renamings of what was once the Rising Sun. When Christine Matthews took the photograph in 2008 it had recently been rechristened the Sun Lounge. It subsequently became the Coach House, then the Maze Inn.
