Updates

28-5-26  Today newly-elected Council Leader, Alessandro Georgiou, formally withdrew Enfield from the New Towns process. You can read about it here. This is the first of several key manifesto promises to be fulfilled in the early days of the new administration. The new cabinet consists of experienced and dedicated public servants and we are looking forward to working with them in a collaborative and transparent way that has been absent for far too long. Thank you for helping to bring about this important change in our borough. As always, we will keep you updated.

20-5-26  The Government’s New Towns Consultation has now closed.  Thanks to the more than 5,500 people who visited our consultations page. We hope you found it helpful.   

13-5-26 Disappointingly, but not unexpectedly, our visit to 10 Downing Street tomorrow to deliver your thousands of letter has been cancelled.  Our grand total of letters and emails is over 3,700!  Well done – and thank you!  Our new Downing Street date is June 11, so we’ll try again then.

9-5-26  Thank you, Enfield voters!  77.2% of you voted for parties who want to save the Green Belt and Crews Hill.  That sends a loud message.  And congratulations to the Conservative and Green councillors who will make that happen.  Dispatch update.  And thank you to the 4,000+ people who took part in our letter-writing campaign to the Prime Minister opposing the new town.  We will deliver your letters to 10 Downing Street at 12:30pm on Thursday, May 14.  We hope that sends another loud message.

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. 

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Our current initiatives

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

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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