ENVIRONMENT & PLANNING
Draft Enfield Local Plan 2019-2044
Enfield’s Green Belt is under attack.
help us to preserve our countryside and town centres that are threatened by tall buildings.
Enfield’s draft Local Plan was approved by the Council for consultation on the 19th March 2024. This follows on from the previous consultation process in 2021 (Regulation 18). The Council has published 7,000 pages of ‘evidence’ on the Council’s website. This stage known as Regulation 19, was the last stage of the consultation process. All submissions should have been passed to a government appointed Planning Inspector. The Public Examination of the Plan by the Planning Inspector started in January 2025. The Inspector will resume his consideration in May 2025.
Southgate District Civic Voice (SDCV) has contacted the Enfield Society and Better Homes Enfield to discuss the Plan and our response. We have concerns about the loss of Green Belt land, particularly the open countryside east of Trent Park, and the tall buildings policy in relation to Southgate Circus and Palmers Green.
The Local Plan is Enfield Council’s vision for what Enfield will look like in the future. We accept that Enfield is short of affordable housing, but the de-designation of large parts of the Green Belt will encourage developers to build on the countryside rather than the available brown field sites. We also consider that Enfield’s Plan is not in line with the London Plan.
SDCV has submitted objections to the proposed policy on tall buildings. Buildings up to 10 storeys high would be permitted in Southgate on the Southgate Office Village and Marks and Spencer’s car park sites. Buildings up to 8 storeys high would be permitted on the Morrisons/ Travis Perkins site in Palmers Green. SDCV considers that new buildings should be of a height appropriate to the area, particularly where they would be close to Conservation Areas and heritage parks and buildings; Southgate underground station and Broomfield Park are important considerations in relation to tall buildings.