According to the Enfield Council officers involved, last weekend's public consultation about improving the "Public Realm" in Palmers Green went well, and they were pleasantly surprised at the level of interest and the amount of time many local residents spent engaging with the 3D model of Palmers Green town centre. They have begun analysing the information they gathered from residents and hope in the near future to be able to provide some initial information about the most important themes that the survey threw up.
The model of Palmers Green used in the consultation - the significance of the dinosaur is unclearThe next step will be to write up a full report summarising and collating the views collected from the public. Once this is finished, its findings will be fed back to the local community by various routes, including Palmers Green Community, and possibly also at a presentation event - Broomfield Park is a potential venue for such an event. At the same time, the public would be informed about proposed next steps and whether or not funding was available. This feedback phase is expected to occur in June.
Following the feedback phase, and only if funding for the project becomes available, the Council will outline some design options and invite comments from the public. A Masterplan would then be drawn up - again with opportunities to comment, but little if any scope for making any major changes. Once detailed design work began, there would be further public presentations, but these would be information events rather than consultations.
Among issues raised by visitors to the mobile consultation space was the threatened removal of the triagular traffic island at Palmers Green Triangle. Visitors were assured that the Council was well aware of the level of public opposition to such a change and had now decided to retain the traffic island.
