26 July 2017
Enfield Council is currently consulting on the following:
Enfield Children's Centres: "providing the right services at the right time, think family, build family resilience and develop our workforce so that we continue to improve outcomes for families"
Housing allocation: Letting social rented homes
Parking Penalty Charge Notices
Social Care Charging Policy
Temporary Accommodation Placement Policy
A list of current consultations is always available at www.enfield.gov.uk/consultations........
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26 July 2017
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21 July 2017
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.......
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and forum comments
05 March 2017
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28 February 2017
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21 February 2017
The onward march of developers converting office buildings into flats continues. Local examples include the distinctive curved office "Black Horse" block near Cockfosters Station. More recently there has been an application concernging the Office Village in Southgate (behind the White Hart in Chase Road) and now a property company is planning to covert the large block in Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill - Capitol House, which was originally built to accommodate civil servants.
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27 January 2017
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is calling on everyone concerned about the rate at which pubs are closing to back a move to change planning law by contacting members of the House of Lords using the e-activist website.
The owners of the Green Dragon were able to turn it into a shop without planning permission or any kind of notice, leading to the loss of a notable local community amenityUnder current planning law in England, permitted development rights on pubs mean that they can be.......
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13 December 2016
Enfield Council's Planning Committee will next week be asked to approve a change of use application which will permit the operation of a gymnasium in part of the Palmers Green Library that was previously earmarked for use as a GP surgery.
The application to be considered at the meeting on 20th December has the following heading:
LOCATION: Southgate Town Hall, 251 Green Lanes, N13 4XE
PROPOSAL: Change of use of part of ground floor and basement from health centre / doctors surgery (use class.......
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07 December 2016
Broomfield Home Owners' and Residents' Association (BHORA) have posted to their website the presentation boards used by Notting Hill Housing at last month's consultation about their ideas for developing two sites just to the west of Ritz Parade (see this earlier report).
Site 1. The large building to its right is the auditorium of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (originally the Ritz cinema). To the left are the existing buildings on Site 2.
The two plans reproduced here show the.......
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11 November 2016
Notting Hill Housing Trust will next week be exhibiting its proposals for further construction of new housing along the North Circular Road section of Bowes Road.
The development site is marked in red. The large roof to the right is the auditorium of the former Ritz Cinema. To the left, on the corner of Wilmer Way, are the newly built Notting Hill HT flats
Notting Hill Housing Trust will next week be exhibiting its proposals for further construction of new housing along the North Circular Road.......
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09 November 2016
The Mayor of London has published A City for All Londoners, outlining his vision of how to "respond positively to pressures on growth, celebrate diversity and unite".
This document sets out a direction for London, which the Mayor will later expand upon in detailed strategies, including:
land use and growth (the London Plan)
transport
housing
economic development
the environment
policing and crime
culture
health inequalities
The Mayor is consulting with stakeholder.......
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27 August 2016
Southgate District Civic Trust have drawn attention to an application for planning permission to develop the site of the former Thomas Lipton Memorial Hostel.
The Lipton Memorial Hostel occupied a mansion, Osidge, built in 1808 and later the home of tea and groceries magnate Thomas Lipton. Lipton died in 1931, bequeathing his house to the Queen's Nursing Association. At its opening in 1935 it provided accommodation for 14 retired nurses. Additional buildings were later added,.......
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27 April 2016
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.......
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08 April 2016
The Save Trent Park campaign has this week launched a new petition asking the owners of the mansion and former university site to set up a museum in the mansion to marks its vital top secret role during World War II.
The campaign fears that the new owners, the Berkeley Group, intend to divide the mansion up into private apartments, which would prevent public access.
The online petition, addressed to the Berkeley Group and to Enfield Council, the planning authority, is asking for the.......
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01 April 2016
The property developer Berkeley has published an update on the progress of the public consultation about redevelopment of the former university campus in Trent Park, including the historic Trent Park Mansion. The updates summarises comments received at the consultation event in February. A further consultation event will be held in late April.
The text below should be read in conjunction with the Consultation Boards used at the February event. The aerial view below shows the.......
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27 March 2016
The Pinkham Way Alliance (PWA) has published the text of its detailed submission to Haringey Council in response to the public consultation on Haringey Local Plan documents. Its representations are aimed at preventing development of open land which was once the site of the Friern Barnet Sewage Works site at Pinkham Way, adjacent to the North Circular Road and Muswell Hill Golf Course.
In its draft planning documents Haringey is designating the land both as a Site of Importance for Nature.......
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06 March 2016
Southgate District Civic Trust is delighted to announce that Freddie Gick the Chair of Civic Voice will be visiting us in March.
As the highlight of his visit, Freddie Gick will talk about the work of Civic Voice and the Civic Movement in Britain. This will be a rare chance to hear from and speak to the man who leads this important work.
Freddie Gick has been Chair of Civic Voice since 2013. He is a former research scientist and international management consultant who has been involved with.......
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21 February 2016
A national organisation representing civic societies across the UK has criticised many of the main changes which the government is proposing to make to the planning system. It is inviting members of the public who agree with its stance to respond to a government consultation exercise in a similar way.i
in its response to the ongoing public consultation, Civic Voice - "a civic movement with a strong local presence and an influential national voice" - has expressed concerns that.......
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17 February 2016
The Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) is calling on Londoners to object to the government's proposals to allow more housebuilding in the Green Belt.
The CPRE these days extends its coverage to the big cities, in particular London, and even has a division called CPRE London. CPRE London recently issued an urgent call to the public to respond to the current government consultation on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) by indicating their opposition to.......
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12 February 2016
Mike McClean has sent a final message to supporters of the Save the Green Dragon Campaign:
It's all over. Planning permission has been granted for the development of The Green Dragon site. We made our final representations at the planning hearing last night but were unsuccessful.
Many thanks to everybody who supported the campaign in any way over the past year, we did our very best and it was heartwarming to see so many people standing together to try to save our beloved pub. The final total.......
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