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URGENT…REGISTER YOUR OBJECTIONS TO THE COUNCIL’s INCOMPLETE PLAN FOR NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD AREA BY FRIDAY 24th February

Posted by David Burrowes, MP for Enfield, Southgate, at 17:12, Wed 22 February 2012:

URGENT…REGISTER YOUR OBJECTIONS TO THE COUNCIL’s INCOMPLETE PLAN FOR NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD AREA BY FRIDAY 24th February

Dear Resident

Please find below an article I have written this week for the Advertiser which sets out my concerns about the Council’s North Circular Road Area Action Plan (NCAAP).

In summary the Council has failed to consult sufficiently. Constituents have told me that they have had too short a time to respond to the NCAAP report which can be downloaded and viewed at http://www.enfield.gov.uk/downloads/file/5060/pre-submission_stage_report. The Council’s webpage with more detail about the Action Plan and the consultation can be found at http://www.enfield.gov.uk/info/867/council-consultation-service_delivery/1813/north_circular_area_action_plan-towards_the_pre-submission_stage/1 Local shops on Bowes Road and Green Lanes have not been consulted and they have urgent concerns about being able to stay in business due to the impact of the recession, high business rates, parking problems and the road works.

However the biggest gap in the plan is the Council’s failure to even mention the proposal to build the huge waste management facility at Pinkham Way. The impact of hundreds of trucks trundling along the North Circular Road on our local environment will be significant and will undermine the improvements.

We need the consultation to be extended and the NCAAP to say no to Pinkham Way. Please let the Council hear your concerns by responding to their consultation by this Friday the 24th February, either by completing the online survey at http://www.enfield.gov.uk/survey/north_circular___area_action_plan.htm or by completing and sending to the Planning Policy Team at the Council the survey feedback form which is attached as a pdf document. Additional comments can also be sent by email to ldf@enfield.gov.uk

With best wishes

David

David Burrowes MP, Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate

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ENFIELD ADVERTISER ARTICLE - THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN (AND THE COUNCIL)..

The current work on improvements to the A406 and New Southgate area will mean that some of the most neglected parts of my constituency can look forward to being the most regenerated. I am urging both Notting Hill Housing Trust and Transport for London to do all they can to make the most of the opportunity. However the Council’s North Circular Area Action Plan (NCAAP) lets us all down with two gaping holes in it.

First, there is no mention of plans to build Britain's biggest waste management site at Pinkham Way. All these best laid plans could go into the hundreds of waste trucks that trundling along the A406. The Planning Inspector has this week been considering Haringey’s designation of the site. I have objected to the plan to widen the range of uses on the site to include heavy industrial type uses, with all the potential noise, pollution and traffic congestion impacting upon the local environment. It is a shame Enfield Council did not join in those objections but I suppose they will argue it is a matter for Haringey Council. However what is a matter for our Council is their NCAAP and their lack of any mention of Pinkham Way. It betrays their indifference to the impact of the proposed waste management site on my constituents. Last year the Council Leader ducked the opportunity to reject the North London Waste Plan because the Council could not reject its “own plan”. This year the Council wants to put its head in the sand and hope our local area’s objections to Pinkham Way will go away. Well they will not, and we have until Friday to let the Council know what we think.

Second, the NCAAP also talks about “The long term economic vitality and sustainability” of local shops is a “key consideration”. Why then has the Council failed to consult any of the businesses along Green Lanes and Bowes Road about their plans? These shops are on their last legs and need the Council to spend less money on flawed glossy consultations and more on making it easier for shoppers to park and reduce their business rates.

David Burrowes MP