20mph speed limits in Edmonton, Palmers Green and Southgate town centres – Statutory Consultation

Enfield Council is proposing to introduce 20mph speed limits on residential streets and roads in town centres as part of our wider plan to make the borough safer, cleaner and greener for everyone. In July 2025, Enfield Council invited residents to share their views on these proposals and heard from more than 1300 people.

Following the feedback received, the Council is now proposing to deliver 20mph speed limits in Edmonton, Palmers Green and Southgate town centres.

The proposal covers the following areas:

Edmonton:

  • Along Church Street, from Victoria Road to Edmonton Green Shopping Centre
  • Along The Green, from Edmonton Green Shopping Centre to Monmouth Road
  • Along Fore Street / The Broadway, from the borough boundary at Florence Hayes Recreation Ground to Edmonton Green Shopping Centre
  • The entirety of Cedar Road, Bridge Road, Warriner Drive, Shrubbery Road, Park Road, Angel Place, Angel Close, Nutfield Close and Station Way Mews

Palmers Green:

  • Along Green Lanes, from the borough boundary at approximately Lascotts Road to Bourne Hill/Hedge Lane,
  • Along Aldermans Hill, from Green Lanes to Cannon Hill
  • The entirety of Palmerston Crescent, Elmdale Road and Devonshire Mews

Southgate:

  • Along Cannon Hill and High Street (A1004), from Aldermans Hill to Southgate Station
  • Along Chase Road, from Southgate Station to Hillside Grove
  • Along Winchmore Hill Road, from Raleigh Way to Southgate Station
  • Along Chase Side, from Southgate Station to Chase Way
  • Along The Bourne, from Southgate Station to Queen Elizabeth Drive
  • The entirety of Fox Grove, Cannon Road, Balaams Lane, The Close, Mayfield Avenue, Pruden Close, Blagden’s Lane, Blagden’s Close, Leigh Hunt Drive, Ashfield Parade (to the borough boundary), Crown Lane, Station Parade, Southgate Circus, Tudor Way, Pickard Close, Grange Gardens and John Bradshaw Road

Maps showing the extent of the proposed areas can be found:

This proposal is part of our long-term commitment to:

  • Achieve the Mayor of London’s Vision Zero target of no deaths or serious injuries on our roads
  • Tackle the climate emergency
  • Enable people to walk, cycle and use public transport more easily and safely
  • Create neighbourhoods where people feel confident spending time outdoors

Statutory consultation: Provide a representation or objection

We invite residents and anyone interested to provide an objection or representation to the draft traffic order through the statutory consultation. Please make your representation or objection in writing stating the grounds on which it is being made no later than 11.59pm on Sunday 26 October 2025. Objections or representations can be made in any of the following ways:


Following the statutory consultation, a formal report will be produced that summarises the feedback received. Enfield Council will provide a response and use the comments received to make a decision on whether or not to implement the project. The report will be publicly available and will be uploaded to this project page. The Council will consider your comments in accordance with its statutory obligations and decide whether to take forward the scheme. If it is decided to proceed the Council anticipates implementing the scheme later this year.

Your response needs to reach us by 26 October 2025.

Future phases

Thank you to everyone who took part in the earlier survey to share your views on 20mph speed limits. You can find the results and a summary report here.

We have received many considered and nuanced comments regarding the proposal across the borough and on individual streets. We will need more time to review and analyse this feedback before updating our proposal. However, we will not be implementing a blanket or borough-wide speed limit, which is consistent with our original proposal.

Should we progress delivering 20mph speed limits on other roads, future proposals will be shared on the project page along with next steps. Any future proposal for 20mph speed limits will also be subject to statutory consultation.


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