Policy information sourced from Enfield’s North East Enfield Area Action Plan (NEEAAP)

17.2 Enfield Lock Station Area - Long Term

The closure of the level crossing as a result of West Anglia Mainline Enhancements will change the character of Ordnance Road. The increased frequency of trains will make the area more attractive to residents who wish to commute out of the area. The station’s importance as a key destination will therefore increase.

This policy sets out principles broadly similar to Policy 17.1, but provides a greater focus on improving the station area itself. The Council will produce a Planning Brief incorporating these principles.

The Council will develop a comprehensive street design scheme which - through public realm enhancements - helps to enhance local distinctiveness, support Local Centre activity and contribute to an improved sense of security whilst still providing for traffi c movements. This scheme should include:

  • comprehensive de-cluttering and tidy-up of the street by rationalising signage, road markings and street furniture;
  • low key public realm improvements to the area between Tysoe Avenue in the east and Manly Dixon Drive in the west to visually tie the area together and distinguish it from the rest of Ordnance Road;
  • within the overall low-key public realm improvements, creating three strong focal points: at the eastern and western gateways and at the station itself. Create a pocket park at the eastern gateway; and
  • incorporate bus turning facilities.

The focal point around the station should include:

  • a new station building more prominently located on the Ordnance Road frontage;
  • the creation of a pedestrian-friendly shared surface area either side of the railway line incorporating a new or signifi cantly improved pedestrian and cycle crossing. This may be a bridge or an underpass; and
  • redevelopment of land to the rear of the Railway Inn for residential or mixed-use development, so creating a higher quality approach to the station along Bradley Road.

Encourage redevelopment of the site to the west of the railway line to create a positive frontage onto Ordnance Road that helps signal the station.

For more information please see the North East Enfield Area Action Plan (NEEAAP)