On April 14th four members of the Barnet Society’s Committee met with members of the Enfield Society’s Committee at Jubilee Hall in Parsonage Lane. This was an opportunity for the two Groups to share experience with local civic matters and to see if there were common areas where cooperation would be helpful.
Enfield Council’s proposals for redevelopment of the Green Belt is of serious concern to the Barnet Society as part of the affected land lies close to Barnet at Hadley Wood. The Barnet Society submitted comments to the public consultation in the summer of 2021 on the Plan.
Barnet Society are also unhappy about to proposed redevelopment at Cockfosters Underground station.
Currently, the Barnet Society are looking at proposals to redevelop The Spires in High Barnet, a scheme which appears to have similarities to the proposals for Enfield Town in 2020/21 by DWS/Deutsche Bank
Pictured are (left to right): Robin Bishop, who leads for the Barnet Society on planning and the environment; Dave Cockle, chair of the Enfield Society; Frances Wilson, chair of the Barnet Society; and Richard Stones, secretary of the Enfield Society.
One immediate example of co-operation between the two Groups is over formal adoption as public rights of way for footpaths across the Sewit’s Hill nature reserve on the Enfield boundary between Hadley Wood and Hadley Wood Golf Club.