Policy information sourced from Enfield’s North Circular Area Action Plan

NC Policy 8 Transport and Movement in the NCAAP Area

The Council will continue to work closely with Transport for London on assessing the efficiency of the strategic road network in the area and the traffic impact of the A406 on the immediate and nearby secondary road network. With the recent Safety and Environment scheme now successfully implemented, no further major works are planned for this part of the strategic road network. The Council will, however, assist in the preparation of the Mayor of London Roads Task Force’s forthcoming Road Strategy. In so doing and alongside Transport for London, the Council will consider how further improvements to the network can be delivered as opportunities to do so arise.

The Enfield Plan promotes borough-wide transport improvements with a focus on the road network, pedestrians and cycling, and public transport. In particular, Core Policy 24 requires that any improvements to the North Circular Road contribute towards ‘Enfield’s economic regeneration and development, support businesses, improve safety and environmental quality, reduce congestion, and provide additional capacity where needed.’ Whilst improvements to the road network will continue to be sought and discussions will continue with Transport for London, it is considered no longer necessary to continue to carry forward the historic local safeguarding of land as illustrated in the adopted Core Strategy Proposal Map. Following adoption of the NCAAP, any subsequent Local Plan policies map should not continue this designation.

Core Policy 25 directly addresses the issue of public realm improvements and how these should help to improve quality and safety for pedestrians and cyclists. This Policy promotes the prioritisation of schemes that reconnect the borough’s communities to services, facilities and each other. In Core Policy 26, better wayfinding and integration between modes is identified as a required improvement at New Southgate rail station.

DMD Policy 48: Transport Assessments sets out the Council’s approach towards assessing the transport impact of new proposals. All applicable developments within the NCAAP area would be required to submit a Transport Assessment, and possibly a site- or occupier-specific Travel Plan. This would help to demonstrate how new developments would achieve the aims of policies within The Enfield Plan.

Policy 45: Parking Standards and Layouts of the DMD sets out the Council’s approach towards the provision of car parking at new developments. It states that the Council will generally have regard to the London Plan’s maximum car parking standards and lists the types of development that might qualify for a limited level of car parking, or be acceptable as a car free form of development.

The Mayor’s Transport Strategy is also relevant to the NCAAP, particularly given the strategic road network issues of direct relevance to the area. The Strategy confirms that the Mayor’s broad approach to managing road congestion is the ‘smoothing’ of traffic flow.

Benefitting from the station stops on the northern extents of the Piccadilly Line and the bus services that support them, the AAP area is one of the more accessible areas in the borough. The area arcing between Bounds Green and Arnos Grove is the most accessible given the combination of tube and bus services in the area. This area, which incorporates the Arnos Grove and Bowes Road local centres, has a PTAL rating of 4. The immediate vicinity of the junction between Bowes Road and Green Lanes also benefits from the PTAL rating of 4.

Arnos Grove station has commuter parking either side of the station building. These sites are identified for potential redevelopment sites. These sites are owned by TfL and their suitability for redevelopment will depend on their role in providing commuter parking on this location.

For more information please see the North Circular Area Action Plan