David Gittens News Today

Plans to open a takeaway in a former barbers’ shop in Enfield Town have been deferred amid concerns over the impact of extra traffic.

A plan to build 106 affordable homes in Enfield Highway has been turned down after councillors agreed it would cause harm to neighbours.

By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey A photo of the site in 2019 (Image: Google Maps) Councillors had to reconsider a planning application that was turned down months earlier because Enfield Council missed a key housing target. Planning chiefs admitted the only reason the plans were being re-examined was because the council’s failur...

SARASOTA – “I will plant a lot of flowers. I will be kind to others so they will be kind to others too.” One-fifth of Americans were born with no memory of the millennial paranoia that enveloped the globe as the curtains fell on the 20th century. Anxiety over potential glitches in digital calendrical transitions triggered fears of nuclear reactor shutdowns, airliners falling from the sky, and collapsing power grids. And end-times prophecies that historically ramp up at the close of each ...

By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey A CGI of the development (Image: We Are Aviva) Tower blocks up to 16 storeys high look set to be built in an area of low-rise homes after councillors waved through a developer’s plans. Stonegate Homes has won permission to build 148 flats at a former industrial site in Green Street, Enfield Highw...