Enfield Dispatch

The Royal Courts of Justice in central London and (inset) a Save Whitewebbs protest last year

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Whitewebbs campaigners win right to challenge council planning decision in court

4 February 2026

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook (left) and New Towns Taskforce chair Sir Michael Lyons (right) addressed MPs in parliament this week

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Minister claims Crews Hill ‘very promising’ as a new town location

14 January 2026

Green Belt land west of Crews Hill Station, owned by developer Berkeley Homes

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Enfield community groups launch campaign against Crews Hill ‘new town’

2 January 2026

Reece Fox has represented Whitewebbs ward since 2022 (credit Enfield Council)

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Fighting for Whitewebbs

13 December 2025

The Essex farm owned by Israfil Erbil with (inset left) council leader and ex-farm worker Ergin Erbil and (inset right) plans for the garden centre

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Council leader of accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ over garden centres

10 November 2025

Comer Homes Vicarage Farm digger (credit Nikki Gee)

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Comer Homes gets digging at Vicarage Farm

31 October 2025

Enfield Civic Centre and (inset) planning inspector Steven Lee

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Local Plan examination set to resume in wake of ‘new town’ announcement

20 October 2025

The view from Vicarage Farm, one of the Green Belt sites earmarked for thousands of new homes by Enfield Council

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Mixed responses to ‘new town’ plans

11 October 2025

Enfield Labour leader Ergin Erbil (left) clashed with Enfield Conservatives leader Alessandro Georgiou (right)

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Labour and Tory politicians clash on social media over golf course

6 October 2025

Simon Aylward, owner of Aylwards of Crews Hill

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Crews Hill business owners express anger over ‘new town’ plans

29 September 2025

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More than 20,000 homes proposed for Enfield ‘new town’ by government

28 September 2025

Crews Hill and (inset) post-war new town Telford (credit Simon Hark via Wikimedia Commons)

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Crews Hill likely to be named as ‘new town’ by the government

12 September 2025

The plans by Lansdown and Anglo Aquatic Plant Ltd and (inset) cabinet member Ayten Guzel

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Council agrees to buy development site with plan to build 58 social homes

11 September 2025

Rod Thompson, owner of Thompsons of Crews Hill

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Council ‘can’t afford’ to buy Crews Hill businesses

9 August 2025

Events

The London Society hosting Enfield event to discuss housing and the Green Belt

4 August 2025

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Row over farm threatens to derail Green Belt housing plans

30 July 2025

Enfield Council wants to allocate 291 homes at The Dell, opposite Enfield Crematorium

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Proposed Green Belt housing site ‘unlikely to be safe’ according to TfL

18 July 2025

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Enfield’s population predicted to rise by just 4.7 people each year

15 July 2025

The Tottenham Hotspur plans for Whitewebbs and (inset) Sadiq Khan

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Khan’s office approves Spurs plans for Whitewebbs

15 July 2025

The proposed Green Belt housing site is owned by the Duchy of Lancaster and is used for grazing animals

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Plans for new homes on Green Belt site to be submitted ‘next year’

23 June 2025

Features

Have your say on the London Plan

16 June 2025

Alessandro Georgiou (second from right) canvassing with Enfield Conservatives

Interviews

‘Labour are worried and we’ve got them on the ropes’

10 June 2025

Aerial view of the proposed surfing lagoon (credit The Wave Group)

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Plans for Pickett’s Lock surfing lagoon submitted

30 May 2025

Building on the edge of the Metropolitan Green Belt in Enfield and (inset) Sadiq Khan

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Khan to be ‘honest’ with Londoners that Green Belt housing is ‘needed’

9 May 2025

Tag - Green Belt

Whitewebbs campaigners win right to challenge council planning decision in court

Minister claims Crews Hill ‘very promising’ as a new town location

Enfield community groups launch campaign against Crews Hill ‘new town’

Fighting for Whitewebbs

Council leader of accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ over garden centres

Comer Homes gets digging at Vicarage Farm

Local Plan examination set to resume in wake of ‘new town’ announcement

Mixed responses to ‘new town’ plans

Labour and Tory politicians clash on social media over golf course

Crews Hill business owners express anger over ‘new town’ plans

More than 20,000 homes proposed for Enfield ‘new town’ by government

Crews Hill likely to be named as ‘new town’ by the government

Council ‘can’t afford’ to buy Crews Hill businesses

The London Society hosting Enfield event to discuss housing and the Green Belt

Row over farm threatens to derail Green Belt housing plans

Proposed Green Belt housing site ‘unlikely to be safe’ according to TfL

Enfield’s population predicted to rise by just 4.7 people each year

Khan’s office approves Spurs plans for Whitewebbs

Plans for new homes on Green Belt site to be submitted ‘next year’

Have your say on the London Plan

‘Labour are worried and we’ve got them on the ropes’

Plans for Pickett’s Lock surfing lagoon submitted

Khan to be ‘honest’ with Londoners that Green Belt housing is ‘needed’

Shock over proposed closure of private school in Palmers Green

Trying out Enfield’s new food court

Three Enfield shops fined after being caught selling out-of-date food

Council suspends controversial Enfield Town bus lane while changes are made

Appeal to identify suspects wanted in connection with ‘brutal attack’ in Palmers Green

Enfield ranked among most deprived local districts in England

Pensioner dies in hospital three weeks after being attacked in Ponders End