An empty white space in the area of Whitewebbs Park is shown on the council-produced map supposed to be highlighting public green spaces

The Enfield Chase map produced by the council and (inset) the empty white area where Whitewebbs Park should be marked

New public maps of Enfield which fail to indicate Whitewebbs Park should be corrected as soon as possible, a campaign group has insisted.

The maps have been produced by Enfield Council to highlight publicly-accessible green areas including parks and woodland and the footpaths which run through them – but the maps leave an unmarked white space instead of showing the eastern area of Whitewebbs Park, only showing ‘Whitewebbs Woodland’ to the west.

This white area corresponds to the former golf course site and its surrounding parkland, which the council is now leasing to Tottenham Hotspur. The football club’s plans include fencing off 16 hectares of land which will become a women’s football academy, effectively privatising it.

However, at present the whole area remains publicly accessible and, in any case, part of the leased area set to be managed by Tottenham Hotspur will still include large tracts of public parkland.

The maps, produced as part of the council’s Enfield Chase Woodland Restoration Project, also make other mistakes such as mislabelling Forty Hill as ‘Bull’s Cross’ and putting the cafe and car park for Whitewebbs Park in the wrong location.

The Guardians of Whitewebbs group, which recently won the right to a judicial review of the council’s decision to award Tottenham Hotspur planning permission for its women’s training centre, has said the council acknowledged the errors on its maps and that it would “consider how best to amend them”.

The council has not provided the Dispatch with any statement in response to this story, apparently due to the ongoing legal action being taken.

In a statement the Guardians of Whitewebbs group said: “We expect Whitewebbs Park to be included on this map of Enfield Chase, and not to do so raises serious questions about its status as open space in the view of the council.

“The maps are obviously meant as a guide to locals and walkers. Locals and walkers aren’t interested in the intricacies of the council’s land management – they just want to see useful maps of Enfield’s amazing public green space.

“Therefore, we welcome the council’s reconsideration of this error, and look forward to seeing the amended maps, with Whitewebbs Park labelled and correctly included as a public green space.”

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