Policy information sourced from Enfield Core Strategy 2010-2025
33 GREEN BELT AND COUNTRYSIDE
The Council will continue to protect and enhance Enfield’s green belt. The strategic green belt boundary is shown on the Proposals Map. Proposals for changes to the detailed boundary at the local level will be brought forward as part of the Development Management Document subject to criteria set out in Planning Policy Guidance 2 and reflecting more local priorities.
Middlesex University’s Trent Park campus and the Picketts Lock leisure complex are identified as Major Development Sites within the green belt, the boundaries of which are shown on the Proposals Map. Where existing uses become redundant, the Council will work with partners to prepare planning briefs or masterplans in order to guide appropriate future development that preserves and enhances the character of the green belt.
The Council acknowledges the need for utilities companies to be able to carry out their statutory functions. Where this requires development within the green belt boundary, the Council will consider applications as cases of potential exceptional circumstance.
The Council acknowledges that exceptional circumstances may be presented by the need for diversification of the farming industry and for continued business growth in the Crews Hill defined area (as shown on the Proposals Map). The Development Management Document will set out specific criteria for assessing proposals of this nature that fall within the green belt.
In order to support the GLA’s Green Arc initiative, the Council will promote positive uses for the use of the green belt whilst meeting its statutory purposes, as identified in the North London Sub-Regional Development Framework.
The Development Management Document and Enfield Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document will set out criteria for assessing proposals in Areas of Special Advertisement Control and Areas of Special Character as shown on the Proposals Map.
For more information please see the Core Strategy 2010-2025