Updates

29-4-26 With just one week until the local council elections, which will take place on Thursday, May 7, we urge Enfield voters to think carefully before they vote. This is not a normal election and the future of Enfield is at stake. Read more …..

25-4-26 Email the Prime Minister objecting, with good reasons, to the proposed Crews Hill and Chase Park New Town. Deadline 5pm May 8. Your letters and emails will be delivered to 10 Downing Street on Thursday, May 14. Please click here and follow the instructions.

20-4-26 Why are we using the hashtag #noevidencenonewtown? Because none of the decision makers – Enfield Council, the GLA, the New Towns Taskforce, the Government – have yet produced any evidence to show why the site should be such a priority. As far as we can tell, there are only two reasons: it has a station and Enfield Council promoted it. Better Homes Enfield has now produced a thorough, well-evidenced report No Evidence No New Town which explains why the proposal is so problematic and what the alternatives are. An essential read for everyone, but especially for all those decision-makers who continue to spread misleading assumptions.

26-3-26 Enfield RoadWatch’s Carol Fisk was on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Nicky Campbell show this week debating the proposed Crews Hill & Chase Park New Town, following the Government’s announcement over the previous weekend.

Please note, we have redesigned our website to focus on our current campaign initiatives. Check the archive tab for items that no longer appear in the main menu.

Our current initiatives

Enfield RoadWatch is currently focusing on four initiatives. Learn all about them by clicking on the links below.

On Thursday, May 7 2026 your vote could help to change Enfield’s future.

We are non-party political and believe that every party should have an opinion about the proposed new town, how to protect Enfield’s green spaces and how to solve the affordable housing crisis.

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Coming soon!
Guidance and suggestions for completing the government consultation on the new towns draft programme and its environmental implications. We will make it as easy as possible!
Deadline May 19

Crews Hill & Chase Park New Town is a proposal for 21,000 new homes stretching from Oakwood to the M25.

The town would cover one-third of Enfield’s countryside and wipe out Crews Hill. We believe the new town will not solve London’s housing crisis and would cause irreversible harm. We have the evidence.

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Enfield’s new Local Plan will determine where homes and jobs go and what will be protected.

The plan has been in development for several years and is now being examined by a Government Planning Inspector. Enfield RoadWatch has been involved throughout the process and continues to be.

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Who we are

Enfield RoadWatch is a local action group made up of residents around the borough who have been lobbying for the protection of the borough’s green spaces for over 12 years. We are non-party political and inclusive. With our partner organisations, we have provided evidence that building on our countryside will not solve London’s housing crisis and that there are better and more realistic solutions. We can show that the new town proposal is not based on evidence and will not produce the benefits that are promised.

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