Enfield Dispatch

Plans for the redevelopment of Joyce Avenue Estate (credit Enfield Council)

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Major redevelopment of Joyce and Snells approved by councillors

17 July 2024

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More social homes in Enfield to be made energy efficient thanks to £3.5m grant

6 June 2024

Sketch of plans for a revised phase 2b of Alma Estate's redevelopment

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Hundreds of extra homes set to be added to final phase of Alma Estate regeneration

14 May 2024

Council housing in Carterhatch Lane, Enfield

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Number of families on Enfield Council’s housing waiting list more than doubles in four years

23 April 2024

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Homelessness charity issues warning over new government rules on social housing

25 March 2024

An Enfield Council repairs van in Hoe Lane

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‘Non-emergency’ housing repairs put on hold by Enfield Council

5 January 2024

Shropshire House (left) and Cheshire House (right) could both be demolished

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Residents remain living in ‘unsafe’ towers on Edmonton estate

5 January 2024

The Gilpin's Bell in Fore Street and (inset) plans for the tower (credit HTA Design LLP)

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Affordable housing block approved by councillors at fourth time of asking

6 September 2023

The 18-storey development in Fore Street would provide 110 homes available at social rent levels (credit HTA Design LLP)

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Council officers and City Hall beg Enfield planning committee to approve 100% social rent tower block

30 August 2023

Shires Estate and (inset) Tory housing spokesperson Lee Chamberlain

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Watchdog rules ‘no wider failure’ by council after social housing probe

25 August 2023

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Mayor demands £2.2bn from government to stop homebuilding ‘grinding to a halt’

11 August 2023

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Housing estate residents told to pay for gardening and parking cars

1 August 2023

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More social homes needed, say Londoners

21 June 2023

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Council to spend £13.8m buying leasehold flats in towers earmarked for demolition

15 June 2023

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Social housing block set to be sold for redevelopment as refurb costs soar

22 May 2023

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Council set to decommission Edmonton tower blocks after residents vote to leave

20 April 2023

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Enfield social homes provider hit by funding freeze over ‘financial inadequacies’

16 March 2023

Walbrook House and (inset) the mould in Dourette's flat

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Resident reveals worsening conditions at tower block with no gas

10 January 2023

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Questions raised over council’s social housing stock

18 November 2022

There are currently 5,700 households on the waiting for council housing in Enfield

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Mum’s fears for autistic son amid temporary housing nightmare

28 June 2022

Alma Estate in Ponders End is being demolished and replaced with a larger mixed estate, but with fewer homes available for social rent

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Why there’s no hope for my son’s overcrowded family

8 June 2022

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Residents back estates regeneration in ballot

23 December 2021

Only one of Alma Estate's four high-rise tower blocks remain standing (centre) as new housing (right) replaces it; the ongoing redevelopment will result in a significant net loss of social-rent housing on the Ponders End estate

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The scale of Enfield’s housing crisis

12 October 2021

A housing scheme in Bressy Avenue, Enfield, jointly funded by the council and City Hall

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Cash from mayor for new housing

24 September 2021

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Machete attack in Cockfosters caught on CCTV

Man stabbed to death in Palmers Green

Police hunt Enfield man who ‘may have crossbow’ after triple killing

Council lease of Whitewebbs Park to Tottenham Hotspur deemed lawful

No train services on three Enfield rail lines on May strike day

Police searching area around Hilly Fields Park as crossbow suspect remains on loose

Engineering works will shut down London Overground line for six weekends this summer