Policy information sourced from Enfield Core Strategy 2010-2025

2 HOUSING SUPPLY AND LOCATIONS FOR NEW HOMES

The Council will make provision to exceed the housing target of 3,950 new homes as set out in the London Plan for the period 2007/8 to 2016/17, annualised as 395 dwellings per year.

A new housing target for the ten year period 2011/12 - 2020/21 is due to be published in a revised London Plan in 2010. The indicative capacity is likely to be in the range of 5,600 or, 560 dwellings per year. The Council will plan to meet this new target and for the fifteen year period from 2010/11 to 2024/25 will plan for the provision of approximately 11,000 new homes.

The focus for this housing growth will be the Upper Lee Valley Opportunity Area at Meridian Water in Central Leeside and Ponders End in North East Enfield. Elsewhere in the Borough growth will be planned in areas where physical and social infrastructure already exists or can be improved through planned development, including Enfield Town and along the North Circular Road corridor in the south west of the Borough. The following housing figures are indicative ranges in these broad areas over the plan period.

Table 5.1 Approximate phasing for new housing development
Location & total dwelling numbers [Note, figures have been rounded]0-5 years (2010/11 - 2014/15)6-10 years (2015/16 - 2019/20)11-15 years (2020/21 - 2024/25)16-20 years 2025/26 - 2029/30 (beyond current Core Strategy time frame)
Central Leeside (Meridian Water) Up to 5,0001006502,250Up to 2,000
Enfield Town 500200300
North Circular (area including New Southgate) 1,500 - 2,000450550500Up to 500
Ponders End and Southern Brimsdown (NE Enfield) 1,000250750
Other large sites (≥0.5ha) borough-wide 1,030480550
Small sites (<0.5ha) 3,9501,2101,3701,370
Time frame totals2,6904,1704,120Up to 2,500
Cumulative totals2,6906,86010,98013,480

Approximately 2,500 new homes are planned for the five year period 2025/26 - 2029/30 which is beyond the timescale of the current Core Strategy but are shown to illustrate the later phases of development at Central Leeside and in the North Circular area.

For more information please see the Core Strategy 2010-2025