Devonshire Square: Community engagement event and opportunity to comment on design

Enfield Council invites you to view the proposed design for Devonshire Square and share your views at an event on Friday 24 May, or online by Sunday 2 June 2024. This project is being delivered by the Council’s Journeys and Places programme and aims to create a more welcoming and flexible community space for local residents and businesses.

Following an Experimental Traffic Order (ETO) and road closure in 2022, Devonshire Road underwent a temporary redesign to create a more welcoming community space for local residents, businesses and visitors. This included a period of community engagement and a statutory consultation, following which the ETO was made permanent in February 2024. Since then, local communities and businesses have been testing out the versatility of this space through delivering community markets, greening, outdoor dining and hospitality and public art. At the community market held in Devonshire Square on Saturday 2 March 2024 we shared some early-stage designs and ideas with local residents, businesses and visitors, and gathered their feedback. We have now progressed the designs further and would like to hear your views.

View the Indicative Concept Design for Devonshire Square and share your views

Please join us at Arbeit Studios, rear of 310 Green Lanes, N13 5TT on Friday 24 May from 4pm to 6pm to view the plans for Devonshire Square and help shape its future. We invite residents, businesses, and anyone interested to attend and meet Council officers from the Journeys and Places team, along with Hayatsu Architects who are leading on the designs to transform Devonshire Road into in a permanent cultural and community space. The design has been informed by the feedback gathered from the local community and stakeholders so far, and your input at this event will inform the next phase of detailed design. Please drop-by anytime between 4pm and 6pm to share your views, have a chat and enjoy some delicious cake provided by local business Le Grand Jour. If you are attending the event, please note that the toilet is located on the first floor up a flight of stairs at Arbeit Studios. However, there are ground floor toilets located at the Olive Cafe and Bakery and Le Grand Jour Cafe nearby on the corner of Devonshire Road.

If you are unable to attend the event and would like to share your views on the concept design, please view the concept design and design inspiration document and then complete the survey online. The design can be found on the right-hand side of the page under ‘Key Documents’. Please note the survey will be open until Sunday 2 June 2024.Thank you for your involvement so far and we welcome your input as we continue this project.