Councillors: We Voted for You. Now Speak for Us! #Debate Enfield's Local Plan

Dear Supporters

If you were able to help raise awareness and respond to Enfield’s Local Plan consultation last year – Thank you! It was a magnificent effort with about 7,000 responses submitted to the Council. Now we need your help again, please. 

In collaboration with other local groups who are trying to save the Green Belt, we have launched a petition on the council website, trying to force the local plan process into the daylight with a full council debate and public vote. The next phase is less about numbers and more about technical planning arguments, but we can still bring pressure to bear on the council as they finalise the plan.

Link to the Petition: https://governance.enfield.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?id=256

The deadline to sign the petition is 31 July 2022. Please reach out to your friends, family and neighbours again, mobilise your networks, and spread the word however you can so we can reach at least 3,124 signatures - and hopefully many more.

Anyone who lives, works or studies in Enfield and can provide a legitimate Enfield postcode, can sign our petition on the Enfield Council website and help to save the Green Belt.

When you sign online, you have a choice of registering on the council website and then signing the petition or just signing the petition without registering. Either is fine.

You can also tell people to Google EnfieldRoadWatch and they will be able to access the petition via our website.

Voting for a Local Plan is the most significant and important policy choice that can be made by local governments. Following the recent council election in May, 29 of the 63 current councillors are new and have had no input into the local plan. The swing away from Labour in Enfield, which bucked the London trend, signifies considerable discontent among Enfield voters and we believe all the councillors should have transparent and open communication with their constituents about the proposals and be prepared to have their vote noted.

Let's see those numbers soar so we can send a loud message that any Local Plan that removes our Green Belt is not one we support!

As always, thank you for your help.

We voted for them. Now they should speak for us! #Debate Enfield’s Local Plan!

Kind Regards
Ian D’Souza
Chair
Enfield RoadWatch