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Tackling the heat crisis
8+ hour, 38+ min ago (452+ words) Francis Sealey from Enfield Climate Action Forum invites local people to take part in the group's next big discussion In a few years, extreme heatwaves could cause an additional 7, 000 to 10, 000 heat-related deaths annually in the UK. This subject will be…...
Hadley Wood campaigners welcome news that Green Belt site is set be safeguarded from development
2+ week, 2+ day ago (665+ words) Three grazing fields had been included in the Local Plan by the previous Labour council administration but an inspector has now demanded they be protected Local campaigners in Hadley Wood have welcomed the news that a planning inspector has recommended…...
Inspector tells Enfield Council to cancel plans for building homes on Green Belt at Hadley Wood
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1146+ words) Crews Hill Golf Course and a site next to the M25 also look set to be protected from development after government inspector's letter to the council, reports James Cracknell A government-appointed planning inspector has told Enfield Council to cancel its plans…...
Enfield Green Belt campaigners hand in thousands of letters to 10 Downing Street
3+ week, 2+ day ago (930+ words) More than 4, 000 letters to Sir Keir Starmer were signed in total by local residents to express their concerns about the government's 21, 000-home new town proposal, reports James Cracknell Campaigners from Enfield opposing a 21, 000-home new town have handed in a…...
Tf L urged to utilise new powers to curb "nuisance" e-bike parking
3+ week, 5+ day ago (765+ words) A newly-passed law has handed sweeping licensing powers to Tf L to create a single city-wide regulatory framework for dockless e-bike operators, reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter Transport for London (Tf L) must use new regulatory powers granted by the…...
Council promises crackdown on misuse of allotments following latest fire at Edmonton site
1+ mon, 19+ hour ago (741+ words) New Conservative cabinet member for environment says that "for too long misuse has been either ignored or unchallenged, reports James Cracknell Enfield Council has said it will take "firm and immediate action to tackle the misuse of allotment plots across…...
Starmer attacks Enfield Council as 'naysayers' over opposition to new town
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1159+ words) The prime minister's intervention appears to pave the way for the council to be stripped of planning powers by City Hall, reports James Cracknell Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has directly criticised Enfield Council over the new minority Conservative administration's…...
Local MP's messages with Peter Mandelson revealed
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (602+ words) Enfield North MP Feryal Clark has since insisted she had "no personal relationship" with the disgraced former ambassador to the US Enfield North MP Feryal Clark congratulated Peter Mandelson on his appointment as US ambassador and said the Labour government…...
Backlash from Sadiq Khan and leading business group over council "new town" withdrawal
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (725+ words) The newly-installed Conservative leadership at Enfield Civic Centre has told the government it will be "withdrawing" from the new towns programme, reports James Cracknell Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan and one of London's leading business groups have criticised the…...
Major reshuffle of North London Waste Authority board prompted by local elections
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (583+ words) With scores of new Green Party councillors across the seven boroughs that run the waste disposal body, a change of leadership at NLWA will soon take place, reports Sebastian Mann, Local Democracy Reporter A cross-borough organisation overseeing waste disposal in…...