People have been living in the building since last September despite the landlord’s failure to obtain planning permission, reports James Cracknell Enfield Council is set to grant a house of multiple occupation (HMO) licence for Southgate Police Station – despite previously issuing an enforcement notice against its illegal occupation. The council confirmed this week…
The owner of the former Southgate Police Station building had converted it into a hostel without planning permission, reports James Cracknell A “rogue landlord” who converted a former police station into a hostel without planning permission has lost their appeal and been told to clear the building of residents within ten months. The owner…
The controversial 17-storey redevelopment of Southgate Office Village was granted permission on appeal in 2021 but will not now being going ahead, reports James Cracknell A major redevelopment of an office complex in Southgate has been ditched with the developer deciding instead to convert the existing buildings into flats. The plans to demolish Southgate…
The Southgate Masterplan Vision document has been published by Enfield Council following a public consultation on how to improve the town centre, reports James Cracknell A new masterplan setting out how Southgate town centre could be transformed over the coming years has drawn a mixed reaction from councillors and residents’ groups. Enfield Council’s ‘Journeys…
Ashmole Academy has been criticised for wanting to prioritise pupils at a school within the same trust, reports Finn Logue A Southgate secondary school has been criticised over proposals to change its admissions policy. Just under 900 parents have signed a petition asking Ashmole Academy in Cecil Road to reconsider their proposal that would give students…
Southgate ward result Weirdly, while the Greens have won four seats in wards they didn’t target, they have failed to win the ward that they did. The Conservatives have defended their three seats here fairly comfortably in the end. Lots of glum Labour faces now. Some are huddled around in deep discussion. Their route…
Congratulations to the UK Cypriots elected after results declared in Enfield local election Alessandro Georgiou, Chris Joannides, Stephanos Ioannou, Maria Alexandrou, Bambos Charalambous, Peter Charalambous, Dino Lemonites, Alara Ayyildiz are Enfield Conservatives. George Savva, Alev Cazimoglu and Ahmet Hassan are Enfield Labour. A full link to the article with images can be found here.
The Conservative Party secured a missed out on winning a majority on Enfield Council by just one seat in Friday’s local elections. But this was a major victory for the Tories as they put an end to Labour’s 16-year hold on the borough with the Conservatives securing 31 seats, Labour 27, and Greens five.…
On Sunday 14 June, members of the public and invited guests gathered to mark the official opening of the Trent Park House of Secrets Café – a milestone moment for the museum and for everyone who is working to bring this extraordinary House back to life. The ribbon was cut by actor, writer, comedian…
People have been living in the building since last September despite the landlord’s failure to obtain planning permission, reports James Cracknell Enfield Council is set to grant a house of multiple occupation (HMO) licence for Southgate Police Station – despite previously issuing an enforcement notice against its illegal occupation. The council confirmed this week…