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affordable housing and viability coverThe supplementary planning guidance was issued earlier this monthA new online petition is calling on Enfield Council to follow guidance issued by the Mayor of London which would ensure that companies building large housing projects would no longer be able to avoid the requirement to provide a minimum of 35 per cent of affordable housing.
As part of the Cycle Enfield works, Green Lanes will be closed between Hedge Lane and Hazelwood Lane overnight for four nights, commencing on Tuesday 29th August. The closures will be from 8pm to 6am and will allow resurfacing of the main carriageway. The noisiest work will be carried out up to midnight. There will be no access to Green Lanes from Osborne Road, Windsor Road, Park Avenue and Fox Lane during the overnight closures.
The eventual layout of this stretch of Green.......
Transport for London (TfL) is consulting on a proposal to make changes to the pedestrian/cycle crossing of the North Circular Road between Palmerston Crescent (north of the NCR) and Palmerston Road (south of the NCR). The intention is to make it easier and pleasanter for both pedestrians and cyclists to cross.
The existing shared crossing would be relocated slightly to the west and converted into separate pedestrian and cycle crossings. Motorised traffic would no longer be able to turn.......
This article originally appeared on the Rethinking Childhood website and is republished with the permission of the author, Tim Gill.
This week marked a milestone in the UK street play movement, with the publication of three new reports.
The first is an evaluation report by the University of Bristol [pdf link], published by Play England, which looked mainly at the health outcomes for children. The second is a report [pdf link] from Playing Out, the Bristol-based national hub for street play, of.......
The Lanscroon Murals in Broomfield House before the fires. The staircase at the Beaumont Care Home in Southgate also has murals by the same artist.
The Broomfield House Trust is hoping to work with local artists, teachers and schoolchildren on a project that would promote a lifelong love of art and learning while at the same time contributing to the Trust's multipronged efforts to raise funds to restore Broomfield House.
The project would be be run along similar lines to Take One.......
Following complaints about consultation arrangements, Enfield Council has now extended the deadline for commenting on the draft Enfield Town Framework Master Plan until 25th September and has arranged some additional "drop-in" events on top of the event scheduled for Thursday 27th July (6pm to 8pm in the Civic Centre).
The additional drop-in events are all at Enfield Town Library:
Wednesday 9 August 12-2pm
Saturday 12 August 1-3pm
Thursday 24 August 12-2pm
Some of the questions that the.......
Londoners have until 2 October to give their views on the draft Transport Strategy that was published by the Mayor of London in June.
The strategy is described as "the start of an ambitious plan that will reshape London over the next 25 years. It sets out a bold approach to achieve an essential vision – to create a healthier, fairer city; one that is not only home to more people, but that is a better place to live in." The complete draft document is over 150 pages long, but there is a.......
Clare Rogers makes the case for low-traffic neighbourhoods. This article was originally published on the Better Streets for Enfield website.
Would you let your child or grandchild play out on your street? Do you feel able to ride a bike around your neighbourhood? Or does the traffic put you off? For many of us, streets in our residential areas have become conduits for through traffic, rather than places where residents can walk, cycle, meet or play.
Yet in countries like the Netherlands,.......
Colin Younger reports on the highlights of the Southgate Green ward forum held on 20th July.
Summary points
Dinah Barry is the new Associate Cabinet Member for Enfield West
Proposals for Quieter Neighbourhoods are being worked up by council officers
A revised London Plan will probably include a doubling of the housing target for Enfield
Enfield Council is working on a Social Infrastructure Study
Pressures on parks/green spaces/green belt are likely to increase
These are some.......
Increased police focus on enforcing safe passing of cycle riders by drivers of cars and trucks, originally associated with West Midlands Police, is gradually spreading to other forces, including the Met. It has now been taken up by police in Winchmore Hill ward, who will be doing more to educate drivers.
Earlier this month, at the N21 Fancy Fair, Clare Rogers and Hal Haines of Better Streets for Enfield spoke to PCSO Antony Rivas from the Winchmore Hill Safer Neighbourhoods Team. A good.......