Enfield Town Centre

Enfield Council has heard from the community about their ideas and feedback on the plans for the Enfield Town project over four phases. The four phases of community engagement have demonstrated the desire to improve the town centre for everyone who lives, works, and visits the area. Thank you to everyone who took part and shared their thoughts with us during the fourth phase of engagement delivered from July to October 2022 prior to us commencing detailed design work. A report summarising the results of the Phase 4 engagement has been published and can be found here.

Enfield Council has now received funding from TfL for the forthcoming year, which will enable the project to progress through the detailed design stage.

Statutory consultation is also planned to take place later this year on some elements of the project, and subject to the outcome of the consultation, selected parts of the wider scheme are hoped to be implemented next. The scope of the works will be guided by the funding available for implementation.

We will write to the community with more details on the statutory consultation and planned works closer to the time.

Enfield Council were awarded the ‘Community Engagement Award’ for the Enfield Town project as part of the Granicus 2022 Digital Public Sector Awards on 15 November 2022. This award is for an organisation’s creative application of digital solutions to inform and engage communities in order to achieve better outcomes.

Since 2019 the Council has delivered an extensive community engagement programme to hear from residents, businesses, students, community groups and other stakeholders about what they want for the future of Enfield Town. This has included opportunities to engage with the Council in-person and online, particularly during 2020 and 2021 whilst working in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The judging panel awarded Enfield Council the Community Engagement Award for the Enfield Town project for our use of digital tools including surveys, the mapping tool and information shared through the Enfield Town project page on the Let’s Talk Enfield website, along with webinars and online co-design workshops. Through using these digital tools, we have heard from thousands of people who are passionate about Enfield Town. Their ideas and feedback have informed the proposed plan for the Town Centre which can be viewed here.

We are pleased to have been recognised for our work to engage the Enfield community in this project so far and look forward to continuing to engage more people as this project progresses.

Thank you to those who got involved in the recent community engagement period for the Enfield Town project. We spoke with many local residents at the pop up events held in the Town Centre, met with local community groups and heard from many others through the survey. This phase of engagement has now ended and we are analysing the responses received through the survey. The summary report is planned to be published in November 2022 and will inform final design before it progresses in to the next phase (detailed design)

Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, Enfield Council cancelled two events that were scheduled to take place for the Enfield Town project, namely:

• Pop-up at the Market Square scheduled for Friday 9^th September 2022; and
• Drop-in session at the Library Green scheduled for 10^th September 2022

We have rescheduled these events and extended the opportunity to take part in this project. We would like to invite you to speak to the project team about the proposals for Enfield Town at one of the following rescheduled events:

• Pop-up at the Market Square on Friday 7 October 2022 from 1pm – 4pm
• Drop-in session at the Library Green to discuss the proposed sensory garden on Saturday 8 October 2022 from 10am – 1pm

The opportunity to take the survey and view the exhibition of proposals for Enfield Town at Enfield Town Library will now end on Sunday 9 October 2022.

Tell us what you think by taking the survey

We encourage you to view the plans at the library or online at https://letstalk.enfield.gov.uk/EnfieldTown, and let us know what you think about how they respond to the Design Principles that were established following earlier conversations with the community (see link above for more information).

The survey also offers an opportunity to provide suggestions for the proposed sensory garden in the Library Green, and suggest a name for the new public space located at the junction of Church Street and Little Park Gardens (near Nationwide Building Society). Those who suggest a name for the new public space will go into the draw to win £300 to spend in Enfield! Take the survey at https://letstalk.enfield.gov.uk/EnfieldTown.

Following extensive engagement with residents, businesses, young people, community groups and other stakeholders over the past few years, Enfield Council are now pleased to share the proposals for the Enfield Town project.

Enfield Town has a rich heritage and history and is an important town centre in our borough. The project has a focus on improving public realm spaces that provide places to stop and rest, and promotes a bustling and vibrant Town Centre. The project also proposes improved walking and cycling provision as well as public transport passenger facilities to reduce car use and promote sustainable transport options.

The proposed plan (here) and additional information can be viewed on the right hand side, in the Documents section on the right hand side of the project page.

This is an ambitious plan for our Town Centre and the Council have already secured more than £5m to enable change to happen. To deliver the completed project, including changes to pedestrian crossings and other transport elements, the project will need additional investment from Transport for London (TfL). More certainty on funding from TfL is expected in Autumn 2022. Once this is known the Council can look to make decisions on the overall scope of the project. This would involve a formal approval process which would include a statutory consultation likely to occur in 2023. The consultation will include a final opportunity where anyone can object or make representations to the proposed traffic orders associated with the project.

We would like to thank everyone who has been involved in the engagement process so far, and we welcome further community and stakeholder involvement in this project. We invite you to take part in a survey to gather your comments on the following:

• How does the proposed plan for Enfield Town respond to the Design Principles?
• What would you like to see as part of the sensory garden proposed in the Library Green?
• What are your suggestions for the name of the proposed new public square at the junction of Church Street and Little Park Gardens (near Nationwide Building Society)?

By suggesting a name for the proposed new public space (via the survey), you could win £300 to spend locally in Enfield. The winning name will be selected by the Cabinet Member for Public Spaces, Culture and Local Economy.

You can take the survey by 25^th September 2022 via the project page at https://letstalk.enfield.gov.uk/EnfieldTown, by going to the Surveys & Forms tab of the project page. You can also visit Enfield Town library for a paper copy or request a paper copy by contacting as by email healthystreets@enfield.gov.uk, phone 020 8132 1789, or writing to us at ATTN Healthy Streets, Enfield Council, Silver St, Enfield, EN1 3XA..

Come and speak with us

There are a series of pop-up stalls being held across the Town Centre as well as an online webinar. Please come along to speak with the project team, hear more about the project or share your design ideas for the Library Green sensory garden at the following:

• Pop-up stall at Fountain Island on Sunday 31 July 2022 from 12pm – 6pm
• Online webinar on Tuesday 2 August 2022 from 6 – 7.30pm to be held on Microsoft Teams via the link: https://tinyurl.com/EnfieldTownwebinar
• Sensory garden drop-in at the Library Green on Tuesday 9 August 2022 from 10am – 1pm
• Pop-up stall at the Market Square on Friday 9 September 2022 from 1pm – 4pm
• Sensory garden drop-in at the Library Green on Saturday 10 September 2022 from 10am – 1pm

There is also a permanent exhibition in the Enfield Town Library which can be viewed in person during the library opening hours until the engagement period ends on 25th September 2022.

Thank you for your involvement so far and we welcome your input as we continue this project for Enfield Town.