ENVIRONMENT & PLANNING
Draft Enfield Local Plan 2019-2044 consultation
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 now published 7,000 pages of ‘evidence’ on the Council’s website. This stage known as Regulation 19, is the last stage of the consultation process. Once the current consultation period ends, all submissions will be passed to a government appointed Planning Inspector. We expect a Public Examination of the Plan by the Planning Inspector is starting in January 2025.
Southgate District Civic Trust (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 with 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. At the previous consultation stage (Regulation 18) SDCV submitted objections that any tall buildings should be appropriate to the area, particularly where they are close to Conservation Areas.