Lakes Estate Conservation Area

See below for a list of all articles referring to the Lakes Estate Conservation Area.

There is a separate section of the website dedicated to the Friends of the Lakes Estate, which includes information about the Friends and advice about what living in a conservation area entails and advice about making improvements and renovations.

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An invitation to become a Friend of the Lakes Estate

17 September 2022

Friends of the Lakes Estate do important work promoting the conservation area and protecting it from damaging changes. They are currently looking for new people to join and bring fresh energy and ideas.

Curious about how planning works in conservation areas?

12 August 2021

If you live on the Lakes Estate or in another local conservation area, you may find yourself uncertain about how the planning system works. The Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area are happy to share the knowledge they've built up and are offering short online courses.

Replacing or refurbishing windows in an Edwardian house

11 July 2018

The Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area have published a guide to replacing or refurbishing windows.

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Making improvements and renovations: Windows

19 June 2018

Advice about windows in keeping with the conservation area

Making improvements and renovations: Suppliers

19 June 2018

Information about suppliers used by Lakes Estate residents when maintaining their houses

Making improvements and renovations: Windows

19 June 2018

Advice about windows in keeping with the conservation area

Making improvements and renovations: Suppliers

19 June 2018

Information about suppliers used by Lakes Estate residents when maintaining their houses

Making improvements and renovations: Front gardens

20 January 2018

"How to" guides We are drafting a set of “how to” guides to make it easier for residents to enhance their property and contribute to the special character of the Lakes Estate. The guides are based on the Conservation Area Character Appraisal and the experience of residents who have recently undertaken improvements. Please let us know if you have any tips to share – What worked well? Where did problems arise? Where did you find specialist materials? Email:.......

Making improvements and renovations: Front gardens

20 January 2018

Advice about front gardens for residents of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area

Frequently Asked Questions

20 January 2018

Questions asked by residents of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area.

Frequently Asked Questions

20 January 2018

Answers provided by the Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area in answer to questions asked by residents

Preserving the character of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area

28 June 2017

A message from the Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area The character appraisal for the conservation area was reviewed in 2015Do you live in the Lakes Estate Conservation Area? Are you interested in helping preserve its character? We are a group of residents who assist Council officers in safeguarding the Estate's unique character as described in the Conservation Area Appraisal. One of the roles of the group is to comment on planning applications in the area. Another role.......

Contact the Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area

28 June 2017

How to contact the Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area

Draft Conservation Area Character Appraisals and Management Proposals: Phase II

08 March 2015

The Council has a duty under the legislation to put in place proposals for the preservation and enhancement of its conservation areas. As part of this duty the Council is reviewing the Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Proposals for its 22 conservation areas in three phases. This means that the existing Appraisals and Management Proposals have come, or are coming, to the end of their five-year life span. Through the review changes in the conservation areas can be reflected and new.......

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Planning Inspectorate to hear Turret Court appeal on Tuesday

19 August 2014

The long-running saga of the "Turret Court" building in Aldermans Hill will reach another milestone on Tuesday 19th August, when the Planning Inspectorate will be hearing an appeal from the developers, Ballater Investments, against an order issued by Enfield Council requiring them to make a number of changes to the building which, in the view of the Council, had been in breach of planning permission. 110-112 Aldermans Hill before demolitionTurret Court (110-112 Aldermans Hill) is on the site of.......

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Helping preserve Palmers Green's Edwardian heritage

28 January 2014

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.......

What does it mean for me in practice?

24 January 2014

What are the practical implications of being a householder living in the Lakes Estate Conservation Area?

What's so special about the Lakes Estate?

24 January 2014

What are the features of the Lakes Estate that led to it being classified as a Conservation Area?

What is a Conservation Area?

24 January 2014

A Conservation Area is a particular area of special architectural or historical interest, containing features which the local authority has decided should be preserved or enhanced.

The Lakes Estate Conservation Area - Background

24 January 2014

The Lakes Estate, in the western part of Palmers Green, stretching up towards Southgate Green, is a residential area built mainly between 1905 and 1914 and consisting predominantly of relatively large semi-detached houses, the majority of which still retain most, if not all, of the architectural features that are associated with middle class houses from that period. In 2010 a Conservation Area was created, incorporating a large part of the Lakes Estate, giving Enfield Council legal powers to.......

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