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

19.1 Brimsdown Station Area - Short Term

Develop a comprehensive street design scheme for the area west of the railway which - through public realm enhancements - helps to enhance local distinctiveness and contribute to an improved sense of security whilst still providing for traffic movements. This scheme should include:

  • comprehensive de-cluttering and tidy-up of the street by rationalising signage, road markings and street furniture;
  • improvements to the public realm and shopfronts on Green Street leading up to the station. Include new signage / public art on the corner of Green Street and Brimsdown Avenue to clearly announce the station; and
  • improvements to the bus terminus on Green Street, including removing overgrown vegetation, improving bus shelters and complementing the station signage / public art through a similar approach to mark the bus terminus.

For the area east of the railway line:

  • investigate ways of improving the pedestrian and cycle experience of crossing Mollison Avenue, so improving connections to the footpath on the east side of Mollison Avenue and onwards to the Brimsdown Industrial Estate;
  • improve existing green verges by ensuring that vegetation is kept trimmed so that sightlines are clear, making the environment feel safer for pedestrians;
  • encourage reconfi guration / redevelopment of employment uses to create a stronger, more attractive edge to Mollison Avenue and particularly to the junction with Green Street;
  • create a robust shared surface ‘square’ to the Jute Lane access, so that the parking outside the cafe is incorporated into an attractive defi ned area and the pedestrian environment is improved; and
  • investigate the potential to create a vehicular access tot he existing employment area to the west of the railway line from Dundee Way into Jute Lane. This would reduce traffic movements through the shared surface ‘square’ to the north and so enhance the pedestrian experience of this area.

Work with the train operator to improve the pedestrian underpass, making it clearer that this is not just for users of the station. Measures could be as simple as repainting to avoid the train operators corporate colours.

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