Enfield Council has published a draft document outlining how it intends to manage the various town centres within the Borough and is asking for feedback from town centre users - retailers, people running other businesses, shoppers and those using town centres for leisure activities.
Enfield's Town Centres: Places for Everyone is officially described as a Draft Town Centres Management Framework, and the Council is inviting feedback via this page on its website. The deadline for comments.......
Enfield's Mini-Holland funding bid has been successful. The Borough is one of four that have been awarded up to £30 million from the Mayor of London to implement a comprehensive scheme to improve conditions for cyclists, with consequential benefits for everyone in terms of a reduction in traffic-related air pollution. In addition to the cycling improvements, some of the money will be available for enhancement of the "public realm" along the cycle routes - for example, smartening up the appearance of streets and pavements and improving conditions for pedestrians. However, an unpublicised consequence of the scheme's implementation may be the removal of the Triangle traffic island at the heart of Palmers Green.
Later this month local residents will be invited to play a part in planning future enhancements to the "Palmers Green Public Realm", which we understand refers to redevelopment and public works along the stretch of Green Lanes between Bourne Hill and Broomfield Lane and to the eastern end of Aldermans Hill. The focal point of this area is Palmers Green Triangle, the future shape of which is uncertain - the last study carried out by the Council actually recommended completely removing the.......
After the fire at Broomfield House in 1984, parts of the interior fittings that could be salvaged were removed and put in store. They included the striking murals on the staircase created by George Lanscroon. Now, thirty years later, the crates have been opened and their contents inspected. Colin Younger reports.
The Lanscroon Murals: After the fire….long after the fire!
One of uncertainties about the scope and cost of the rebuilding of Broomfield House has been the.......
London residents have until 10 April to respond to a consultation by the Mayor of London on a number of proposed changes to the London Plan. The document being consulted on is referred to formally as the Draft Further Alterations to the London Plan.
The London Plan sets the context for local planning in relation to London's places, people, transport, response to climate change and economy and all its chapters are of great interest. However, from a community perspective, perhaps the most.......
Following the end of our online opinion survey about the proposed clock for Palmers Green Triangle, Costas Georgiou of the Green Lanes Business Association has provided us with further design documents, which include more details of some of the design features. The pictures in this article are just four of many large illustrations which can be viewed in the new documents which the GLBA has supplied.
You can view the following documents in PDF format:
Clock Design
Design Statement.......
In the run-up to this year's London borough elections the Enfield branch of the London Cycling Campaign has set up an online survey to help focus and promote its contribution to the London-wide Space for Cycling campaign. Information supplied by members of the public about local cycle-friendly priorities will be passed on to every candidate in every ward prior to the May elections.
Adrian Lauchlan is Borough Coordinator for the Enfield Cycling Campaign:
"The London Cycling Campaign.......
The online opinion survey about the proposed new clock for Palmers Green Triangle has now finished. Many thanks to everyone who participated.
The survey revealed mixed views. Two out of three of respondents liked the idea of erecting a clock, though only around 50 per cent were keen on the proposed design. There was near unamiity, however, on the question of whether or not the triangular traffic island should remain - 59 out of 63 people would not like it to be removed, as recommended by a.......
A residents’ group which helps preserve the character of Palmers Green’s Edwardian heritage is seeking new members.
If Palmers Green is a “Jewel in the North”, one of the main reasons is its beautiful Edwardian housing stock, and the area with the richest collection of such houses is the Lakes Estate, which experts have rightly referred to as “the quintessence of middle-class Edwardian suburbia". In 2010 it received official recognition with the setting up of the.......
Thanks to everyone who has filled in our online survey about the proposed clock for Palmers Green Triangle. If you haven't done so yet, you still have until the end of the month. In the meantime, some information about what people have said so far.
At the time of writing (11pm on Wednesday) 39 people have responded. There has been near unanimity about a wish to retain the triangle island, but opinions about the clock have been far more mixed........
