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The debate about Enfield’s Mini Holland rages on via social media and the local press – will there be gridlocked roads? Vacant businesses? Cyclists mowing down the elderly at bus stops? Meanwhile, some of us from Better Streets for Enfield and Enfield Cycling Campaign decided it would be easiest just to go and look at a Mini Holland that’s already in progress. Waltham Forest is, after all, next door to us, and ahead of Enfield in completing the work.
A 12-week consultation has begun giving residents an opportunity to give their views on proposals for cycle lanes along the A1010 between Ponders End and Freezy Water. Meanwhile, Enfield's Cabinet will this week be asked to approve the start of detailed design work for the southern section of the A1010.
A1010 North Consultation
Drawings of the proposals for the Ponders End - Freezy Water section are available online. It is possible to give your views using the Citizen Space.......
The campaign group SAVE has launched an online petition aimed at halting the demolition of a group of buildings in Charing Cross Road, including the former Foyles bookshop. The petition has so far been signed by nearly 5000 people.
SAVE issued the following press release on 15th June.
SAVE has today written to Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, requesting that he call in proposals to demolish a landmark site in the Soho Conservation Area for a.......
Opponents of Enfield Council's cycle lanes proposals have initiated legal action aimed at stopping implementation of plans for cycle lanes along the A105.
The Save Our Green Lanes campaign last week served the council with papers in connection with its application for a High Court judicial review of the way the council has conducted consultations about the scheme, which envisages the creation of continuous cycle lanes between Enfield Town and Palmers Green.
Costas Georgiou, Chairman of the.......
The revised drawings for the planned cycle lanes along the entire length of the A105 between Enfield Town and Palmers Green are now available online. The drawings reproduced below show the most important sections in Palmers Green only.
In addition to the drawings the Council has published a "You said - we did" list:
You Said - We Did
You were concerned about the bus stop design – we have amended the design at 22 bus stops to create additional space between the bus and the.......
The company that owns the former university campus in Trent Park is hoping to create 245 new homes on the site. It is willing for part of the historic mansion to be used as a museum, but campaigners are disappointed with the amount of space the company is willing to allocate to this purpose. There will be a public meeting about the campaign for a museum on 16th June.
The Emerging Masterplan
Berkeley Homes revealed details of how their ideas for development of the former campus are.......
A new campaigning group is calling for a fairer balance between cars, cycles, buses and pedestrians on Enfield's roads. Better Streets for Enfield supports the Cycle Enfield (Mini Holland) plans to boost cycling and walking rates by installing bike lanes, 'quieter neighbourhoods', and redesigned high streets.
Devonshire Road should by rights be a quiet residential street, but most of the time is a "rat run". For two hours a month it turns into a Play Street (Photo: Phil Rogers)While.......
On 19th May Enfield Council will be exhibiting the final design plans for the A105 cycle lanes scheme, revised to take account of public feedback from the last consultation round. The exhibition will be held at Palmers Green Library from 3pm to 8pm.
On the evening of Wednesday 25 May there will be a co-design workshop for residents on the design of the public realm mprovements in Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill. People have to apply for a limited number of places on this workshop, so get.......
Southgate District Civic Trust (SDCT) is encouraging people to play a part in conserving and protecting our local war memorials as part of a project to commemorate the First World War.
A free workshop in May aims to inspire people to survey and conserve our local war memorials. SDCT want to ensure that by the end of the centenary of the First World War in 2018, as many of our war memorials as possible are in a good condition.
Southgate District Civic Trust, along with Civic Voice,.......
The owners of the former university campus in Trent Park have published a response to the online petition which calls for the creation of a museum in the mansion and continued public access to the grounds of the former campus.
The statement issued by the Berkeley Group can be read below. It includes assurances that there will be a museum and that public access will be available not just to the grounds, but also - for the first time - to part of the mansion. However, the statement.......