Policy information sourced from Enfield Core Strategy 2010-2025

37 CENTRAL LEESIDE

The majority of the Central Leeside area will retain its industrial and employment character (see Core Policy 14). The Strategic Industrial Locations of Eley, Aztec 406, Montagu (the northern part), Kenninghall and Harbet Road estates, as well as the Locally Significant Industrial Sites; The Claverings Estate and the southern part of the Montagu Industrial Area, will be retained and intensified. Waste management will be supported at the Edmonton Eco-Park site in line with Core Policy 22. Where opportunities arise, the commercial stock will be renewed and modernised and transport accessibility improved. The aim is to strengthen the role of those industrial estates in active and beneficial employment use and extend their employment offer to support new and emerging businesses in sectors that are projected to expand in the long-term.

At Meridian Water (see Core Policy 38 on Meridian Water below), the potential of a new sustainable urban mixed use community has been identified to play an important role in the delivery of planning and regeneration objectives, bringing forward in the region of 5,000 new homes and 1,500 new jobs (see Core Policies 2 and 13).

Central to the wider transformation of the area is improved accessibility, through public transport provision and greater ease of vehicular movements along the existing road networks, including greater access for pedestrians and cyclists, with better routes and connections to surrounding areas (see Core Policies 24 and 25).

New development in Meridian Water will need to progress in tandem with phased improvements to public transport provision. In the early phases, an emphasis will be placed on improving bus services and frequencies. In the medium to long-term, the Council will work with Network Rail to deliver improvements to the setting of and access to Angel Road station, in conjunction with the planned upgrade to the West Anglia Route through the Upper Lee Valley.

New development within the area will be required to improve vehicular, pedestrian and cycle connections, including a public realm and landscape strategy for the North Circular, facilitating better north-south connections as well as east-west links to the Lee Valley Regional Park. Opportunities will be taken to improve, restore and open up access to the Lee Valley Regional Park and waterfront through promoting opportunity areas along the Borough’s eastern boundary.

For more information please see the Core Strategy 2010-2025