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Opportunity Enfield Issue 10

The Regeneration of Enfield

Music makers Major London festival comes to Enfield Led by design New leadership, new ambitions for inspirational projects

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A PLACE FOR HERITAGE & EDUCATION Restoring heritage assets and delivering a museum A PLACE CHAMPIONING LEARNING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT The planting of over 440 trees Delivering a new learning centre A PLACE THAT ENCOURAGES AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE New trim tails, walking and cycling paths A PLACE BUILT ON SKILLS & EMPLOYMENT Recruiting apprentices and employing local labour and suppliers from Enfield SUPPORTING ENFIELD’S FUTURE New homes including affordable homes and significant s106 and Community Infrastructure Levy contributions

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Ardmore is one of the UK’s largest privately owned construction companies. We’ve delivered London’s most important residential projects and built some of the world’s best hotels: from the sumptuous Four Seasons, Ten Trinity Square through to the trendy Ned at Poultry: the capital’s coolest new haunt. Whether it’s large-scale estate regeneration, luxury residential or magnificent hotels, our operations are underpinned by our production facilities in Enfield. In the past few years, Enfield has provided the talented carpenters and stone craftsmen that have produced tens of thousands of made-to-measure pieces from hand crafted doors to skilfully cut marble flooring.

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Pictured: The Ned at Poultry, winner of Best Spa, Best Event Space, Best Restaurant and European Hotel of the Year at the 2017 AHEAD awards. Alongside acting as the main contractor for the refurbishment, Ardmore also manufactured thousands of bespoke pieces of stone and joinery for the hotel

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Sunley House, Bedford Park, Croydon CR0 2AP T 020 7978 6840 W 3foxinternational.com

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6 News

Updates on the latest development news from the borough.

12 Revitalising Enfield’s town centres

What more can be done to link housing, retail, leisure and the night-time offer to bolster Enfield’s centres?

18 Influential design

To ensure quality architecture is at the forefront of development, design experts share their global inspirations.

26 Regeneration reports

23 Sustainable living

35 New team leaders, new ambitions

Exploring Enfield’s thirst for developing natural wetlands, encouraging biodiversity, mitigating climate change and creating accessible open spaces.

OpEn speaks to Enfield Council’s new leader and senior directors about their ambitions for the borough.

41 Creative culture

With the Field Day music festival coming to Meridian Water and creative businesses setting up new premises, perceptions of Enfield are changing.

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Summarising the progress of plans and schemes across the borough.

46 Aspiring apprentices

Career opportunities at Ardmore, which seeks to inspire more women into the engineering industry.

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Bid for TfL town centre boost

Beavertown’s distinctive beer branding (left). Four developers are vying to deliver the first housing site at Meridian Water (right), which could be transformational.

SOMETHING BREWING IN PONDERS END Beavertown Brewery - known for its craft beer in colourful cans – has been granted planning permission for Beaverworld, a new brewery, offices and visitor centre at Ponders End Industrial Estate, with a provisional opening time of summer 2019. The development will retain many of the features of the historic Ediswan factory, which produced light bulbs for the Edison and Swan Electric Light Company from the 1880s onwards.

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Beavertown will aim to retain as much of the original building as possible. Around 90 people will initially be employed at the site, but it is large enough to accommodate 200 workers if the business expands. The brewery started life in the cellar of Duke’s Brew and Que in Hackney, before moving to Hackney Wick and then Tottenham Hale. In 2018, it received a £40 million cash injection from Heineken to fund its expansion.

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Enfield Council has submitted an outline bid to Transport for London’s Liveable Neighbourhoods Programme. If successful, it will form part of the large-scale regeneration of Enfield Town, in line with the area’s masterplan, and in consultation with local communities and traders. The plans would encourage walking, cycling and the wider use of public transport . Transport for London is expected to receive funding requests for Liveable Neighbourhoods from across the capital, with an announcement on successful bidders from the first round scheduled for March 2019.

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able to select the right development partner for each phase and accelerate the delivery of the first housing site at Meridian One.” Progress is also being made on bringing forward a further housing site for Meridian Two at Leeside Road, which will deliver around 300 homes classed as affordable. It is proposed that new workspaces on the lower floors will be used by ‘makers and creators’. The council is also progressing a detailed business case for the Housing Infrastructure Fund, which if secured in full, will see £156 million of government funding connect all parts of Meridian Water to the new train station and improve the frequency of train services.

development which will provide 10,000 homes and thousands of jobs. These homes will be delivered around the new Meridian Water train station, due to open in summer 2019, which will serve up to four million passengers each year at its peak. The announcement of the shortlist, in November 2018, marks one of the first sites brought forward for procurement via the Greater London Authority’s London Development Panel 2, and is the first stage of accelerating the delivery of the initial homes and creating new jobs at Meridian Water. Nesil Caliskan, leader of Enfield Council, said of the shortlist: “By taking control of the vision for Meridian Water and overseeing its delivery, we are now

Four developers and housing associations have been shortlisted to deliver the first housing site at Enfield Council’s Meridian Water: Galliford Try, L&Q, Peabody and Redrow. In total, 17 expressed an interest in delivering Meridian One, with 10 submitting their bids to the council in October. The local authority will oversee the delivery of the site and select the development partner in spring 2019. The site will see the first 725 homes built at Willoughby Lane, alongside new public squares, shops and leisure facilities. Outline planning consent is already in place for these new homes, and construction enabling works started in January 2017. Meridian Water is Enfield Council’s £6 billion mega

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News LOCAL PLAN CALL FOR SITES Enfield Council is inviting residents, landowners, developers, businesses and other key partners to submit sites, and make suggestions for the future development of land for new housing, workplaces, shops, arts and cultural uses, community facilities, open space or mixed-use schemes. The Local Plan, once adopted in 2020, will provide the planning framework to allow sustainable and managed growth through the creation of new homes, well-paid jobs and the vital supporting community infrastructure, until 2036. Ahmet Oykener, cabinet member for property and assets, said: “Our Local Plan aims to improve the supply of genuinely affordable high quality family homes for Enfield residents, help get young people on the housing ladder and permanently remove the need for expensive temporary accommodation. It will demonstrate our commitment to targeting 50% affordable homes for new housing developments. “We will always prefer to meet Enfield’s housing needs by building on brownfield and town centre sites, but our Local Plan needs to consider every single option available to us.” For the past five years, Enfield has built an average of 550 homes pa, but the draft new London Plan expects 1,876 homes to be built each year between 2019 and 2029. Government targets call for 3,500 homes to be built every year over the same period, necessitating a significant increase in construction. There will be a number of opportunities for public engagement and consultation before the Local Plan’s adoption in 2020. For further information: 020 8379 3866 or localplan@enfield.gov.uk

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Enfield, friends of birds and bees A safe and sustainable pond island at Forty Hall has been created to offer shelter and a place to nest for the many wild fowl which will visit over the spring. The new island, by Friends of Forty Hall Park, is supported by erosion-resistant rock rolls, and planted with shrubs to support the lake’s ecosystem and to provide safe areas for waterfowl and wading birds, as well as insects and other wildlife. Meanwhile, at Bush Hill Park, the friends group has erected a living willow structure, the latest instalment in the park’s thriving community wildlife garden, thanks to funding from the council. The volunteer group hopes the wildlife garden will become a destination for Bush Hill Park’s users, fulfilling its vision of making it an area for natural play.

Warehouses at Meridian Water (left and below) will host stages at the Field Day music festival in 2019. Enfield also has sustainability and natural habitats (right) high on its agenda.

MEANWHILE… BACK IN BUSINESS…

Field Day for Enfield music-lovers A popular music festival will move to Enfield’s Meridian Water development this year. Field Day will run on 7 and 8 June 2019 at the four-hectare site, and will feature outdoor stages and four warehouses with music. Acts for the event announced in January include grime superstar Skepta, Deerhunter, Modeselektor, Pusha T and Julia Holter. Running for 12 years, the festival was previously held at Victoria Park, before moving to Brockwell Park in 2017. The new location means it will finish later than others in London, and will feature a bigger line-up.

Following the Field Day music festival announcing its move to Meridian Water in 2o19, Enfield Council is looking for partners to take advantage of opportunities on two other sites for ‘meanwhile’ use, as development across the site gains momentum. The Teardrop and Stonehill sites will deliver new temporary or permanent spaces for tenants and occupiers, creating new jobs and opportunities for local people on a scale which will transform the employment base of the borough. Enfield Council’s leader, Nesil Caliskan, said: “We are keen on partners who can offer good quality jobs and opportunities to our residents as the development takes shape.

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“These are incredible opportunities for businesses to set up within a location which has great transport links and a highly skilled and well trained workforce on its doorstep. “We want to achieve amazing things at Meridian Water and we want the partners we select to show passion, flair and creativity in transforming unused industrial land into thriving business environments.” Applications for businesses to apply for the two sites, of 0.3 and around three hectares respectively, opened in January 2019, with the deadline for submission of proposals on 15 March 2019. Enfield Council hopes to finalise the details of the 12-year leases by May 2019.

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PETER GEORGE Director — Meridian Water peter.george@enfield.gov.uk 020 8379 3318

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JOANNE DREW Director — Housing & Regeneration joanne.drew@enfield.gov.uk 020 8379 6457

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MARK BRADBURY Director — Property and Economy mark.bradbury@enfield.gov.uk 020 8379 1451

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SARAH CARY Executive Director Place sarah.cary@enfield.gov.uk 020 8379 3500

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Spending habits have shifted considerably in recent times, having serious consequences for local economies across the country. Enfield is rising to the challenges, prioritising its centres for the benefit of those who live and work in the borough. Matt Ross speaks to Mark Bradbury, Enfield’s director of property and economy, about how the council intends to keep up with the pace of change OpEn

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hese days, says Mark Bradbury, “we can buy things very easily sitting at home on our phones – so if shopping is a poor experience, we’ll go online instead.” To survive and thrive in today’s economy, Enfield Council’s director of property and economy believes, retail centres and high streets must be “places where you want to visit and spend time: accessible, pleasant, welcoming and safe, easy to move around on foot, and with high quality public realm”. However, that doesn’t mean every local centre should develop in the same way; for they all have their own characteristics, and it’s the council’s job to help each identify and build on its particular strengths. The borough, Bradbury explains, is currently working on a town centre action plan covering its five main retail hubs: Enfield Town, Southgate, Palmers Green, Edmonton Green and Angel Edmonton. Along with the 2036 Local Plan – under consultation until the end of February – this will help map out a future for the borough’s commercial and retail hearts. Given the pace of change in people’s shopping habits, the council will have to move fast. “There are particular pressures to ensure the sustainability of our town and district centres,” says Bradbury. “They’re reasonably strong, but there’s no time for complacency. The

later we act, the tougher it might be to bring them round.” So the pace of change is set to increase. And while the nature of that change will vary from place-toplace, all five centres are likely to see some common developments – most obviously ‘densification’ around public transport hubs, and a shift towards a wider mix of uses. The new London Plan raises Enfield’s housebuilding target from 800 to nearly 1,900 new homes per year, Bradbury notes, and “the need to put that close to transport links aligns with the need to rebalance our town centres” away from a narrow focus on retail: all are likely to see new homes built near their railway stations. The council will plan the centres’ future with local communities, he explains – “listening and guiding; not dictating”. But some centres “may have more of a focus on restaurants and bars, independent shops, community facilities”. Others are likely to expand their retail offer – most obviously Enfield Town, identified in the London Plan as one of the capital’s 35 key centres and the subject of a 2018 masterplan. “It’s the most well-known centre to people outside the borough, and the largest in terms of retail space,” explains Bradbury. “And it has a role as the administrative heart of the district. That brings an attraction to other

Projections for Enfield town centre include improvements to Market Place (above). Architect BDP has secured planning permission for a new Metaswitch HQ (right).

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“We want to bring the market up to date, while retaining its character”

more cafes and restaurants; and the council hopes to drive up demand further by attracting new hotels and leisure facilities. By concentrating the bigger new developments around the multi-storey 20th century buildings that sit behind Church Street, Bradbury explains, it’s possible to densify and strengthen Enfield’s offer without detracting from its historic architecture and mature parklands. “We can build on the character of the area’s heritage, but also intensify the developments that are already more modern,” he explains. To support Enfield Town’s attractiveness to all these new residents, workers, shoppers, diners and leisure visitors, says Bradbury, the council will work on ways to boost the proportion of people arriving by foot, bicycle and public transport. One key player in this work is the council’s Cycle Enfield initiative: “If we allow the car to dominate these environments, that doesn’t make for nice town centres,” explains Richard Eason, its programme director. “Cars don’t spend money, people do – so we need to put people at the heart of our town centres.” Granted £30 million for cycling projects by Transport for London, Cycle Enfield is installing dedicated lanes on many of the borough’s major roads – providing a network of key routes linking town centres and public transport hubs. Following the

to them buying things”. The council will support the trust to produce a business plan, he adds, setting a clear direction that builds on Market Place’s strengths, while improving the centre’s offer to shoppers and leisure visitors. The mix of office space in Enfield Town could also evolve – with more co-working or collaborative working space. More people are now freelancers or working from home: people “don’t always want to get the tube to central London, but nor do they want to sit at home alone,” notes Bradbury. “Modern ways of working are decentralising employment. And that presents opportunities for outlying centres.” Modern ways of living present further opportunities. “Increasingly, young people don’t want to commute,” says Bradbury. “They want to live in serviced accommodation with facilities like gyms and concierges; to walk to work, passing an independent coffee bar on the way; to buy a fresh sandwich at lunchtime; and to enjoy a beer with their mates after work.” With more people living and working in Enfield Town, it will need

businesses, from legal to property and other professions: we’d expect its role as an employment centre in the office market to grow significantly.” Asked whether the council has identified a ‘unique selling proposition’ for Enfield Town – as recommended in Bill Grimsey’s 2018 review of British retail – Bradbury highlights the value of its historic character. “It’s a traditional high street, with buildings that have grown up around the church and village green – and that’s attractive to visitors, creating a sense of public realm and human scale,” he replies. “And we want to bring the market up to date, while retaining its character.” Enfield’s Market Place is run by a trust, providing vendor stalls and parking, he explains; and there are opportunities to work with them to boost its pulling power. It could, for example, act as an “incubator” for the next generation of local shops, and attract visitors to the town with more entertainments. “We need to get the balance right between selling things to people and entertaining them,” he says, noting that “entertaining people leads

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Enfield Market Place (above and below left). The Cycle Enfield initiative (this page) aims to encourage more people living in the borough to use bicycles.

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“We can build on the character of the area’s heritage, but also intensify the developments”

land assembly. “Where we own parcels of land, we could bring in other bits of land to create a developable site; or consolidate some of our assets to free up a site for people to move into,” he says. “We’re working on a strategic asset management plan to examine our assets and see what they’re best used for: community use or by someone else.” Enfield’s ambitious plans for denser, mixed-use town centres open up space for a diverse range of developments. “The borough has a significant more affluent area that is currently under-served,” says Bradbury. “But in other parts of the borough, we need better housing, environments and facilities. There are gaps in what we provide; and if we promote ourselves and provide a consistent policy base developers can work with, we’ll attract investors to plug those gaps.” While all of the borough’s urban hubs are likely to see a growing mix of uses, each will be taking a different development path. Building on their unique strengths, communities and characteristics, they will identify and occupy their own market niche – neatly meeting the needs of a slice of Enfield’s people and businesses. “If you try to do too many things, you end up not being really good at anything,” Bradbury concludes. “Whereas if you focus on a few important things, you can do them all excellently.”

Plans for Enfield’s town centres seek to link up housing, retail and employment to create a more prosperous workforce and provide benefits to residents and visitors alike.

With the delivery of the vast, mixed-use Meridian Water project under way, says Bradbury, the council will turn its focus to other manufacturing hotspots. “There are industrial areas adjacent to train lines where, with more frequent services, we could intensify employment on less land with a wider range of jobs, then release land for more housing,” he explains. The council, he adds, will ensure good-quality design bolsters the offer to investors and residents. In 2018, it established a Place and Quality Design Panel to work across the borough’s major developments. Affordable housing is another priority – “and we’re looking to articulate what that means,” says Bradbury. “The government defines ‘affordable’ as 80% of market rate, whereas the public and council see ‘affordable’ as something they can afford, and that’s a different definition.” So new homes are likely to range from social, council and housing association properties, to market housing. To help get things moving, the council is considering how it could use its own properties to ease the process of

completion of a cycle highway route between Palmers Green and Enfield Town, the number of cyclists using the road has risen by 52% in two years. Meanwhile, Cycle Enfield is steadily providing safe routes linking these arteries to residential neighbourhoods and local facilities, and installing secure cycle parking at stations. “We want to tackle the local journeys: around 30% of car journeys in Enfield are less than 2km, and many of these could easily be walked or cycled,” says Eason. “People walking and cycling visit their local high streets more frequently, and as a result they spend more money overall.” So Enfield’s town centres are to diversify and densify, supporting existing businesses while adding more housing, community and leisure uses. But this dynamic isn’t unique to the borough’s retail hubs: the council is also creating mixed-use developments in its industrial centres. Ponders End Industrial Estate is to host a new brewery and visitor space operated by Beavertown, and the council is also involved in a joint venture project to redevelop Montagu Industrial Estate.

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Thinking global With new leadership at the council and an independent design panel created last summer to consider how Enfield might look in the future, which places and schemes elsewhere in the world could influence the north London borough’s future? Suruchi Sharma spoke to industry experts with a stakehold in Enfield to find out

Enfield Council’s new head of planning, Vincent Lacouvra, is inspired by projects in the USA (above) and Holland (right), which could inform plans for the borough.

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reating an identity for a destination such as Enfield doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a combination of ideas and effort to create an attractive place where people to want to work, live and visit. With a number of major projects in the pipeline, including at the colossal Meridian Water site, Enfield Council is focused on ensuring any new schemes improve the character of the borough. The Enfield Place and Design Quality Panel was created last year (2018) and is an independent organisation managed by the council. It has around 50 participants, including well-regarded urban designers, landscape architects and regeneration experts, who scrutinise schemes at the preapplication stage, with the aim of promoting sustainable development and high quality design. With this in mind, OpEn asks three leading voices about the places and projects elsewhere that have inspired them – where are the innovative development schemes, either in the UK or abroad, from which influence could alter and improve the changing face of Enfield – and how can they influence the planning process?...

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Vincent Lacovara is Enfield Council’s new head of planning, with more than 15 years’ experience in planning and urban design and is a design advocate for the mayor of London.

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“Almere is like the Milton Keynes of The Netherlands, where the framework of a new town was built in the 1970s. More recently, the local authority in Almere has led the way in enabling self-build and custom-build neighbourhoods. For these projects, it developed masterplans setting out where roads and parks would go. It worked with architects to develop design guidelines for what could happen and how tall the buildings could be and what sort of materials they could use. The council invested in basic infrastructure for new self-build and custombuild neighbourhoods, where individuals choose whether they want to design and build their own house or pick something pre-designed. If the right opportunities arose, Enfield Council could adopt a similar approach; putting in the infrastructure and then enabling communities to develop homes themselves. Another opportunity for something similar could be where developers parcel their site up into different chunks, and offer one of these parcels to bids from community groups, which could work on a self-build or custom build project. The other way is for communities to find a site and get planning consent to build their own scheme or partner with a developer to do custom-build. The benefits are that communities become more involved in shaping their own homes and neighbourhoods. This creates variety and if done properly, more affordability too.”

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“A scheme led by former New York City transport commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, was to transform Manhattan into a place where you could walk and cycle. It was initially very light-touch, such as putting out planters and flowerpots in Times Square. They temporarily narrowed the carriageways and put tables and chairs out, very quickly changing the character and transforming it overnight. They were testing what was possible and got people engaged in the idea that public spaces could change. It was a remarkable transformation in a short space of time, demonstrating the power of testing things out quickly and relatively cheaply to start with, rather than investing millions in permanent projects that take a long time to deliver. It’s made such a huge difference to downtown Manhattan, as the number of cyclists and pedestrians around there has increased. There is a challenge for Enfield, as the area is quite reliant on people driving. To accommodate future homes and growth without more cars and creating healthy places, the focus needs to be on public transport, walking, cycling and public realm – and finding ways of engaging people to test out ideas and make positive changes straight away.”

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“A British architect doing very interesting housing work is Peter Barber, and in particular his project in Ordnance Road in Enfield. He has creative ways of increasing densities with multi-unit housing, while retaining a strong traditional street character and bringing a sense of playfulness to his work. He still uses traditional materials, such as brick, so it’s not asking people to accept something completely wacky and outside their experience, but there can be a shift from the traditional. There is a real opportunity to not just have the same old thing, particularly when we’re doing big projects like Meridian Works. We don’t want all the buildings to look the same, because we want to make an interesting piece of city. Architectural practice Proctor and Matthews has also used traditional materials in new ways, along with a more sustainable masterplan which prioritises pedestrian and cycle routes at a great project outside Cambridge at Great Kneighton. It includes large apartment blocks and smaller houses that are quite relevant to Enfield along with a really powerful integration of greenery in all the public routes and spaces.”

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“Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris is a large urban brownfield development site on an old Renault factory by the River Seine. This is an important project because of its scale and integration, with adjacent neighbourhoods, as well as its approach to vehicle, cycle and pedestrian routes. The scale of the buildings, from five to 12 storeys, is quite relevant to the densification that Enfield needs to look at. The project includes safe, green and quiet pedestrian and cycle routes running through it and connecting to a park beside the river, even though it is a bustling part of Paris and the streets which carry busy traffic offer plenty of green space down the centre or along the edges, creating spaces very similar to Las Ramblas in Barcelona. Parisian residential projects are usually multi-use with retail or other uses at ground level, and this particular development creates a great, mixed-use neighbourhood. One of the open spaces includes a church which could also be a nursery school or community centre in another location, and

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Architect Amanda Reynolds is the director of AR Urbanism and has more than 30 years’ experience in urban design and masterplanning. She has worked on projects in the UK and abroad, and is co-chair, along with Mike Hayes, of the Enfield Place and Design Quality Panel.

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Paul Karakusevic is inspired by Vienna (above). Amanda Reynolds chooses projects in Paris (left), Enfield (right) and Cambridge (below).

As a practice, we frequently look beyond London for inspiration, seeking out examples of good practice, not only in terms of architecture but process and procurement as well. The city of Vienna is a place that holds many lessons for London and its local authorities as they seek to expand what they do. It’s a city with a long and stable tradition of social housing, with around 60% of people living in houses managed by the municipal government – and it takes a proactive approach to city making, which will enable all kinds of developers. For example in the new district of Nordbahnhofgelande, previously home to railway yards, the city developed a masterplan and set up a framework for bringing it to life.

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Parcelling up the land it invited tenders for development based on four pillars – architecture, economy, ecology and social – and they awarded land only to those responding to the criteria to ensure a diverse and mixed piece of city. This process encourages and allows small and medium developers and self-organised groups to be involved. One such group was the Wohnprojekt Wien, which worked with architect Einszueins between 2010 and 2013 to create a mixed-use commercial-residential block, where families and the architects themselves jointly designed, developed and now own the building through a co-operative or commonhold system. The result is a living and working building, where rents are kept low and those living there play an active role in its management and share in the benefits [which result from that]. Residents each have spacious, well-designed private homes, but also access to shared communal facilities such as an on-site laundry, creche, roof terrace, event and work spaces, library and bike store. It’s a great example of proactive residential development and sustainable design, but also great process that local authorities such as Enfield could learn from as they seek to create new pieces of city, and challenge the dominance of traditional large-scale housing developers.

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Paul Karakusevic is an internationally renowned architect whose focus is on the improvement of social housing in London. He founded Karakusevic Carson Architects and notable projects include RIBA-award winning Dujardin Mews and the masterplan for Meridian Works in Enfield.

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Enfield’s position on the periphery of London means it is uniquely placed to lead on good sustainability practice; mitigating flood risk, creating wetlands and reducing carbon emissions. Kirsty MacCaulay reports

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fter an incredibly wet spring and then the long, hot summer of 2018, there can be little doubt that climate change is a very real problem; and one that needs addressing immediately. Thankfully, Enfield Council is leading the charge with a host of initiatives to increase sustainability and reduce flood risk. Projects range from installing beautiful wetlands and rain gardens to the mammoth task of reducing energy and carbon used by council buildings. In 2013, Enfield Council set up its ‘sustainability action plan’ and exceeded the target to reduce carbon by 40% three years early. The focus is now on retrofitting all 85 council buildings, making them more environmentally friendly.

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Enfield Council has created wetland areas across the borough, encouraging biodiversity and for residents to easily explore the area’s natural surroundings.

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The project will include the installation of solar panels, LED lighting and insulation, as well as optimising water heating and cooling pumps. Enfield Council is investing £1 million in the 18 buildings with the highest energy consumption. It is estimated the project will deliver £130,000 in energy savings and an annual reduction of 380 tonnes of carbon dioxide. The local authority has also turned its attention to reducing flood risk. Enfield has more watercourses than any other London borough and a high risk

of flooding in some areas. A Local Flood Risk Management Strategy was already in place when Enfield became a partner in the Interreg project BEGIN (Blue Green Infrastructure through Social Innovation) in 2017 to incorporate social innovation into drainage projects, making them more community driven. Graham Campbell, senior engineer in Enfield Council’s Structures and Watercourses team, explains: “Our involvement as a partner in the BEGIN project has reinforced the London Borough of Enfield’s uptake of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and allowed us to contribute to and learn from international best practices and techniques in order to realise the multiple benefits of blue-green infrastructure, which work towards improving the liveability of the borough. “The flood risk sets the context for why we are doing this but the benefits

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are more wide reaching than solely alleviating flood risk. We encourage the inclusion of SuDS in new developments. The developer may want to use traditional methods such as storing water in underground crates or building a floodwall, but that only ticks one box. The measures we recommend improve water quality as well as biodiversity and create an interesting place for people to be: it is possible to do it creatively.” That is precisely what has happened at Enfield’s seven new wetlands areas. Here, large volumes of floodwater can be stored, but importantly, the reeds planted improve the water quality as well as creating new wildlife habitats and pleasant surroundings for residents and visitors, successfully ticking several boxes. The council works actively with local charity Thames21, which is heavily involved in the community-

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Rain gardens are another effective way of alleviating floodwater, with more than 50 constructed throughout Enfield since 2016. These small, planted roadside areas absorb the run-off from impermeable surfaces such as roads, driveways and pavements. The gardens have been integrated within the Cycle Enfield project; the SuDS team worked with the highways department to install rain gardens. These features are designed to reduce local flood risk, calm traffic, improve water quality and enhance the area by adding green spaces and plants.

increased, with parents visiting the park with their children, who are likely to tell their parents how the reed beds work to clean the water. This is why community engagement is so important.” The project at Enfield Town Park has utilised water from the New River Loop to fill the empty boating ponds and included the construction of a wetlands area with stepping-stones, allowing full public access. The project will increase flood protection for 200 properties. There are plans for wetlands in Broomfield Park in 2019 and possibly more in the pipeline.

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based schemes encouraging residents and businesses to get involved and volunteers have done much of the planting. Firs Farm wetland has a thriving friends group, which arranges volunteering days, a summer festival, a children’s eco club and is fundraising for a community hub and cafe. The site, once a featureless open space with playing fields, has a bird hide and classroom used to educate visitors on the surrounding biodiversity. Firs Farm won the ‘natural environment’ category in the Canal and River Trust’s 2017 Living Waterways Awards. Another success is the recently completed Prince of Wales wetlands. Jamie Kukadia, SuDS officer in Enfield Council’s Structures and Watercourses team, explains: “Our aim is to make the wetlands as high in amenity and education value as possible. The site is next to a school whose headteacher sees the importance of the project in helping the children understand the environment they live in. “The children came out to watch the diggers when they arrived and have planted 1,000 small whips to create a woodland. The Wildfowl and Wetland Trust were involved in the public engagement, which is really important for sustainability. The local community’s use of the space has

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Enfield Council will select partners to deliver new homes, jobs and work space at Meridian Water. Enabling works have begun to create the Meridian One project.

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At the flagship Meridian Water site in Enfield, Meridian One will see its first 725 homes and retail space built at Willoughby Lane, where enabling works are progressing. The site has outline planning consent and is being remediated by the council. There are also plans for 2,320sq m of commercial space and leisure facilities to be built. A planning application is in progress for Meridian Two at Leeside Road, on land that was formerly a gas holder, where around 300 affordable homes will be built, with workspace on the lower floors for people who work in creative industries in mind. A site of about one hectare at the junction of Harbet Road and Argon Road near the North Circular will provide an ‘employment hub’ projected to create around 900 new jobs. Enfield’s cabinet, led by new leader, Councillor Nesil Caliskan, has decided to take back control of the whole Meridian Water development – which will see 10,000 new homes and thousands of new jobs delivered in all – in line with strategies set by the council, and a masterplan process and phasing plan, led by the council. Since 2014, the council has acquired 35 hectares of land at Meridian Water and now owns 64% of all developable land within the site, with a further £157 million already committed to land acquisition.

Caliskan explains: “Going forward, we will be in control and we will be the custodians of the place Meridian Water will become; investing council money and resources to ensure local people are the principle beneficiaries of the new homes and jobs that will be created. “We will select developers and other partners to work with the council to bring forward specific parts of the regeneration, whether that is for housing delivery, new employment spaces or meanwhile uses, and we will hold the vision for Meridian Water and oversee its delivery.” Caliskan said the council was creating a detailed business case to bid to the Housing Infrastructure Fund for £156 million to connect all of Meridian Water to the area’s new station and improve train frequencies. Following the cabinet decision, the procurement process is well under way for the first site at Willoughby Road, with four developers shortlisted. The site will be offered via the Greater London Authority’s London Development Panel to procure a developer, which will work to a agreement with the council rather than buying the land outright, as previously proposed. This is expected to allow the council to retain control of design and build quality and prioritisation of local people for new homes.

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The newly built homes will be near the new Meridian Water station, which is due to open in early summer 2019 on the main line from Liverpool Street to Hertfordshire and Stansted Airport, and is ultimately expected to be used by around four million people a year. Train services from Meridian Water will include 17 minutes direct to Stratford, 24 minutes to London Liverpool Street, 22 minutes to City Airport and 43 minutes to Heathrow. Other planned infrastructure improvements include a central spine road – called The Causeway – through Meridian Water to the station. There will also be flood alleviation measures, three new bridges over Pymmes Brook and the Lee Navigation and new cycle and pedestrian links. Caliskan has said that Meridian Water will be a key part of the borough’s employment strategy, which seeks to attract the kind of occupiers seen at other major regeneration sites across London, such as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and White City. She said the scale of vacant land and existing industrial buildings offered the council “a significant opportunity to start to deliver on our employment vision from the outset, by creating the right conditions for existing and new enterprises to be established, nurtured and grown rather than waiting for the long-term development”.

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an additional 110-140 to be created through future expansion. The area is one designated for major employment expansion in the borough. Beavertown’s development would also improve the public access to the River Lea Navigation corridor and the building would be highly sustainable and energy efficient, contributing towards local biodiversity. The project will seek a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating. It will also incorporate a part of the old Ediswan factory, which is important to Enfield’s industrial heritage for the company’s long history of innovation in the electrical industries.

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The craft beer boom has seen Beavertown Brewery outgrow its premises at Hackney Wick and at nearby Tottenham Hale and it is now moving to a new brewery building in Enfield, which will be capable of producing 45 million litres of beer a year after its expected opening in 2020. There will be a 11,613sq m brewery, with a visitor centre built on a 2.6-ha site at East Duck Lees Lane on the Ponders End Industrial Estate. An Enfield planning report noted that the development was consistent with policy for the area and would deliver 90 jobs with the potential for

The first phase of the £50 million Electric Quarter development at Ponders End High Street, delivered in partnership between Enfield Council and Lovell Partnerships, features 40 family sized houses and 21 flats for social rent. Permission has been given for the second phase, which will see 106 homes built, with 31 classed as affordable. Improvements are also being made to the surrounding area and the high street, with more than 750sq m earmarked for a library and nursery, and 1,349sq m of commercial and retail space, access roads, car parking and landscaping. All new homes are designed to Lifetime Homes space standards or above and achieve Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. The new homes will be heated by the decentralised heat network, Energetik. They also benefit from a sustainable drainage system. As part of the development, the existing College Court Park has been improved. There are attractive communal roof gardens that provide additional play space for children and a new outside space for the United Reformed Church.

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Beavertown brewery (left) is coming to Enfield; the first phase of Electric Quarter (below) is on-site; housing at New Avenue by Countryside (right).

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New Avenue is a joint venture regeneration scheme by housebuilder Countryside with Enfield Council. The redevelopment of an existing residential area in Cockfosters will provide 412 homes, including those classed as affordable. There will be 239 flats and maisonettes and 173 houses, within buildings ranging in height from two to nine storeys. There will also be a nursery, community building and energy centre and 330 parking spaces.

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Crosstree Real Estate Partners has acquired the leasehold interest in the 46,000sq m Edmonton Green shopping centre from developer St Modwen for £72 million. The shopping centre produced £4 million of net rental income during 2017 and is 96% let, with more than 160 tenants and a mix of uses, including a hotel, leisure centre and market. This was in-line with St Modwen’s

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homes and improvements that will aim to reintegrate the estate with the surrounding neighbourhood. Phase 2A of the masterplan by architect Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE) and planning consultant Terence O’Rourke was approved by the local authority in July 2018. A spokesperson for PTE said: “PTE has successfully created a design that reintegrates the estate by reinforcing historic routes through the site, and re-establishes traditional streetscapes, while adding both tall buildings and private family homes to create a positive sense of place. “The regeneration of this post-war housing estate is much needed. Our design creates a place that people will choose to spend time in and be proud to call their own.” Council leader Nesil Caliskan said: “Putting residents at the heart of estate renewal is a sensible and genuinely engaging way of making sure future developments meet the needs of the people who are going to live on them. We wholeheartedly support these proposals. “We have already asked residents on the Alma Estate their views on the £315 million refurbishment of the estate and we are now proceeding rapidly with the project.”

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The regeneration of Alma Estate, which the council is delivering in partnership with developer Countryside Properties is progressing according to plan. Work is in hand on the first phase, which will feature 228 homes, a gym and a cafe, with the first 43 new councilowned homes for existing tenants due for completion in spring 2019. Future phases of council housing will see 26 homes completed by June 2019 and another 28 by February 2020. Part of the phase 2A land has already been transferred for development of the youth centre, community centre and energy centre and a further 340 new homes. This phase also requires the demolition of the Welcome Point building. Future works include a new medical centre and 82 homes on the site of the vacant pub next to Silver Birch Court. Work on the sites of the Cormorant and Merlin towers will start after residents have moved to the new homes being built in phase one through to March 2020. This stage will deliver 192 homes by the council, social landlord Newlon and private sale homes by Countryside. Retail space will also feature. A long term masterplan for the area provides for nearly 1,000 new

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Henry Boot Developments has been appointed as the council’s joint venture partner for the regeneration of the Montagu Industrial Estate. It will become a 12-ha mixed-use business estate with around 63,000sq m of employment space, redeveloped in phases to accommodate both existing and expanding local companies and attract new businesses to the area. The project began with the demolition of Unecol House, with construction of phase one of the development planned to start in 2019. Council leader, Councillor Nesil Caliskan, explains the revamped estate’s role in the council’s local employment strategy: She said:“Enfield is extremely well-placed to take advantage of the burgeoning UK manufacturing sector and we are constantly looking at new opportunities for our borough.” “The Montagu Industrial Estate will become a modern, well-equipped and accessible site that will not only be primed for new businesses, but will help create jobs for local residents. It will have a positive impact on the surrounding neighbourhood, aiding in the growth and sustainability of the locality. I look forward to working with our partners to deliver the project.” Adrian Schofield, regional development director of Henry Boot, said: “The scheme has great potential to attract innovative, growing businesses to the area and will facilitate the creation of high-quality jobs within the borough.” Architectural practice Jefferson Sheard has been appointed to undertake design work.

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Park, and will be only 26 minutes from London King’s Cross St Pancras on the Piccadilly line from nearby Oakwood station, and a short drive to M25 Junction 24. There are apartments with between one and three bedrooms, and houses with between two and five bedrooms, many of which will face onto the historic daffodil lawn. A museum will commemorate the mansion’s wartime role when intelligence gathered from bugged conversations of senior German prisoners-of-war, is credited with having disrupted German development of an atomic bomb. The museum will be in the mansion’s restored stately rooms on the ground floor and run by the Trent Park Museum Trust.

Trent Park mansion is a Grade II-listed building dating from the 18th century and housed a secret interrogation facility for senior German officers during the second world war. Along with the surrounding land, it was later a campus of Middlesex University but fell into disuse when that institution departed in the past decade. Now the structures built by the university in the 1970s have been cleared, leaving the mansion and associated historic buildings such as the Orangery, which are being adapted for residential use. Developer Berkeley is building a range of private homes around the park in the price range of £575,000 – £1.6 million. These new and restored homes are set in the wider 167-ha Trent Country

Plans are progressing at the Alma Estate (left), with a focus on community integration. Trent Park (below) is home to a listed building, a museum and private homes.

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Central to any talk about housing, or indeed transformation in Enfield has to be Meridian Water. “When I was elected, I took the decision to take charge of the scheme, believing strategic projects like this should be driven by the council, not the private sector. "I believe deeply in the value of local government and role that the councils can play in transforming local communities. If we have to make decisions on a 20-year project, we need to be able to control that. “By negotiating a development agreement rather than a sale of land, the council retains control, can prioritise homes for local people, not overseas sales, and ensure the quality of design and build. Doing it site-by-site means we can provide opportunities for the private sector, but can stipulate what we want. For example, in the second site to be developed,

orn in Enfield and a councillor in Edmonton since 2015, Nesil Caliskan became leader of Enfield Council after the local elections in May 2018. She is passionate about her home borough and has been active in her local community for many years. So, now she’s in a position of real influence, what is her ambition for the London Borough of Enfield? “Enfield and Edmonton are on the cusp of huge change. The east of the borough is one of the few areas in London that hasn’t been regenerated, it has huge potential, both as a physical space, but also because of its population. “I am passionate about releasing the untapped potential of people in the borough and committed to trying to remove some of the barriers, including a lack of quality and affordable housing, tackling youth violence, and reducing inequality.”

Elected as Enfield Council’s first ever female leader in May 2018, Nesil Caliskan is also the only female BME leader in London. In an exclusive interview, she talks to Sarah Herbert about her ambitious vision for the borough, and the council’s position as custodians of its population’s future

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“Now our flagship scheme is back on track, we can look at getting the basics right again, such as our housing strategy, including looking at what is actually affordable for ordinary people, and repairs on social housing. While ambitious for her borough, Caliskan is also realistic. “We have to be creative, because there is no alternative. Local authorities have been decimated, and still have £1.3 billion of cuts coming their way. But Enfield is still a growing borough, which the London Plan stipulates has to deliver 1,900 homes every year. Growth is happening, we have to meet it, and we have to ensure it is good growth. We have incredible power to shape this. If not the council, who?” As well as creating big strategic documents for the town centre, for housing and for the local planning that will set the tone for future growth in the borough, planning and development, Caliskan is also thinking creatively about future funding models. “We have to generate income from assets, as it’s the responsible thing to do. For every pound we raise through sweating our assets, we don’t have to cut from children’s services or adult services. But we also have to spend what we have responsibly. The cabinet recently decided to put £500,000 into children’s services, the equivalent of 17 new front-line staff, while money secured from the Homelessness Act enabled us to hire an additional 27 staff for the housing support team. Investing in front-line staff, and in children, is two ways of having a really positive impact.” Being creative with using funds available also means bringing services back in-house, rather than contracting out. “Outsourcing does not save money, is rarely easier, and does not always have the right outcomes,” she says. “Since the local elections, we have already brought services such as the Special Educational Needs Transport Service and the Burial Service back in-house which will enable us to offer better services and value for money. “We’ve also brought housing repairs back in house and set up MOT teams to visit social housing properties in the borough to check their condition and put right any faults that are found. These checks will pro-actively tackle issues before they require responsive repairs, which means we expect

100% of the 200 homes will be affordable. That would not have happened if the private sector were in charge. “But Meridian Water was never just about housing. It’s about creating a new economy for the area. The hope is that the ‘meanwhile’ uses that will allow organisations and companies to use land over the next few years will give creative industries a foothold, and a new economy will grow organically. It’s about creating a place that is amazing, on the border of some of the most deprived wards in the country. In Edmonton, one in three children live in poverty.” Caliskan is clear about the strong links between inadequate housing provision, crime and inequality. “There has been a 17% increase in youth violence for the year to May 2018, meaning Enfield has the third highest rate of serious youth violence in London. Of course the police cuts aren’t helping, but we also need to focus on placemaking and youth intervention. “We need to reduce inequality. My aim for Enfield is to create one borough, where everyone can fulfil his or her potential. At the moment we have more than 3,000 people in temporary accommodation, and the highest eviction rates in England, which have real impact on life chances.

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Sarah Cary – executive director of place Joined Enfield: March 2018

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Meridian Water has long been Enfield Council’s flagship regeneration project. Under Nesil Caliskan’s leadership, it is now directly under the local authority's control.

Why Enfield?: I was looking for a role which enabled me to make life better for residents of one specific area; at BL I worked across the country. I was drawn to Enfield because of the political ambition for change. Priorities: Delivering genuinely affordable homes, and the jobs, parks, public transport and high streets that turn houses into cities. I believe development can benefit residents and help society to be more environmentally sustainable. I’m focused right now on building a team of built environment experts who collaborate across the council to allow us to be innovative and effective for local residents.

the scheme to be self-funded from a reduction in responsive repair costs. Caliskan knows they cannot work alone. “We’re a partnership and open for businesses. I’ve been out speaking to investors, to businesses in our town centres, to see what we can do to make it thrive. “We’re bidding for partnership funding – for example £156 million for housing infrastructure from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, as part of its £5 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund, and £6 million from the mayor of London’s Livable Neighbourhoods scheme. This money, with the commitments we’ve created, can have a transformative effect and will provide huge opportunities for local people. “Being open to others allows us to shape the growth and community that we want, while supporting the people who live there. We want to do work ‘with’ communities, not ‘to’ them.”

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Previously: Head of sustainable places, British Land (BL)

10-year vision: Houses will be cheaper relative to people’s income, new jobs and homes will be concentrated around transport stations, and well-connected to the rest of London.

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Joined Enfield: November 2018 Previously: Associate director, capital assets, Southampton City Council Why Enfield? A perfect combination of opportunity and challenge, coupled with dynamism from the leader, and support from the chief executive. Priorities: Devising strategies for our sizeable property portfolio, economic development, and asset-management strategy, to run business, provide services and deliver corporate objectives of more and better homes. Key to that is using assets and working with other landowners to develop a better mix of housing, with a range that enables people to move up the ladder, and using our industrial areas more effectively to increase the density and quality of jobs. 10-year vision: A higher profile in London for the borough, and capitalisation on its wealth, with a commensurate cultural offer, while ensuring that the wealth is distributed fairly and the other, poorer, half of the borough benefits from this uplift.

Why Enfield?: This council is really committed to using regeneration to ensure good housing growth for existing residents. This newly created role, which brings together housing and regeneration, previously dispersed across the council, is an opportunity to make strategic links across the organisation and externally with partners, while understanding the pressures on residents at risk of homelessless, temporary or poor-quality private rented accommodation.

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Field of dreams One of London’s foremost and revered alternative music festivals is coming to Enfield. Hannah Gal speaks to its director, Luke Huxham, to find out what those attending can expect – and reports on the other events and fashion organisations transforming Enfield’s reputation as one of north London’s most happening hotspots

xciting things are happening in Enfield. So says Field Day director Luke Huxham, who is part of a team bringing one of London’s most-loved alternative music festivals to the north London borough in 2019. “There is great cultural growth in the area and the festival fits right into that scene,” he adds. Huxham expects this year’s Field Day to be the best ever, “with recordbreaking capacity and our biggest ever line up, all made possible by our move

to the game-changing Meridian Water location and an amazingly supportive council in Enfield”. Field Day started 12 years ago and was held in Victoria Park for a decade, followed by a brief spell in south London. It is now moving to what could become its permanent home. Situated within a short walk from the new Meridian Water station, which is due to open in May 2019, the new location is just 24 minutes from Liverpool Street, 17 minutes from Stratford and within

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walking distance of Tottenham Hale station. It is also a short distance to neighbourhoods which have become desirable over the last decade, and with a high proportion of people in their 20s and 30s; think Clapton, Stoke Newington or Dalston. The site itself has long been the council’s flagship opportunity area, and is made up of an enormous outdoor space spanning more than four hectares. It holds four interlinked warehouses, the largest of which forms

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Acts to play Field Day in 2018 included Princess Nokia (above) and Moses Sumney (below). The festival will bring a young crowd to Enfield when it lands in 2019.

“Field Day has always been different from other festivals in its approach to talent and how we bring together rising voices with iconic stars. We’ve had amazing names on our stages over the years. Last year we had Erykah Badu, Aphex Twin and Skepta, we’ve also had Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, Charlotte Gainsbourg and going back further, we had the likes of Florence + The Machine.” London has many restrictions, says Huxham, which “can be challenging when staging an event of such a scale. “Traditionally, a London festival will happen in a London park surrounded by a lot of local residents, so there are inevitably many things you need to consider,” he adds. “We are just fortunate to collaborate with a council that is actually enthusiastic about local culture and works with us at creating a fun experience for its residents.” Huxham says: “Nothing of this scale and nature has ever happened in Enfield before. We are talking about exciting structures and staging, the best sound quality and of course great performances. The 2019 line up will deliver something new, but we will still keep the festival’s ethos alive.”

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Field Day’s spirit and longer hours fit in nicely with the council’s 20-year ambitious project at Meridian Water to create a 24-hour neighbourhood for residents to enjoy theatre, cinema and culinary delights all-year-round. “There was recently an article in Mixmag talking about the geographical shift of London’s nightlife culture moving north to Tottenham and Enfield,” says Huxham. “There are lots of new cool clubs in the area. Bars and venues are opening all the time, so it seems like we are part of the trend”. Field Day takes place at the beginning of June, two months before Enfield’s 51st State music festival in Trent Park. Fusing US, UK, other European and Caribbean music, the five-year old event pulls together classic house, tech house, afro house, garage, disco, soul, dub and dance; an eclectic mix of musical bliss. The two summer festivals are part of the borough’s vibrant cultural scene, which seems to be flourishing under the leadership of Paul Everitt, Enfield’s current head of arts and culture. The borough is graced with wellkept green spaces and historic houses (including Millfield House, Capel Manor and Forty Hall) that are popular hubs of cultural activity. Forty Hall, for example, hosts Enfield’s popular food festival, as well as the annual Livestock event, while Millfield’s arts centre puts on comedy, musical, drama, dance and children’s shows, in addition to offering residents a multitude of classes, from Pilates to manga and art. Enfield’s is a year-round cultural program, catering for different communities, age groups, tastes and interests. Theatre, art, poetry and literature events take place at venues including Millfield Theatre, Chickenshed and The Dugdale Centre, which hosted the borough’s first-ever literary festival in 2018. There is a rich, award-winning food scene (chef Mazlum Denir of Cockfosters’ Skewd Kitchen has won Chef of the Year at the British Kebab Awards), and non-profit ventures such as Talkies Community Cinema, which has come to hold an important part within the area’s cultural scene. Through its 30 film-celebrating events a year, founder David Williamson says Talkies has “developed a strong

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Enfield fashion companies Chi Chi London (top right) and Verve Clothing Company (top). Enfield Food Festival took place at Forty Hall Farm last August.

manufacturing quality and for whom rapidly churned out production goods from overseas are not deemed to be up to scratch”. Quality is also at the heart of men’s clothing brand Tripl Stitched, which uses vintage machinery to manufacture contemporary shirts. The aptly named label brings together the finest quality construction, Italian and Japanese mills’ fabrics, as well as prints from Britain’s best creatives, to produce premium ‘Made in London’ garments. Verve Clothing Company’s specialty is spotting key trends early, a skill it successfully couples with the ability to fast produce exclusive prints. Another local young fashion brand is Chi Chi London, which successfully brings vibrant, catwalk-inspired fashion direct to the high street. These manufacturers would no doubt be of interest to the respected fashion department at Enfield’s Winchmore school, which is currently developing the idea of apprenticeships as a gateway for aspiring youngsters into the industry. It already has a high success rate with getting its fashion students into foundation and degree courses in fields such as textiles, architecture, interiors, fashion promotion and marketing. The impact of Enfield’s consistent support for the area’s culture is evident throughout the borough. Residents’ wellbeing is improved through enriching activities and locals benefit from a sense of real community spirit. When Field Day comes to town, a raft of new visitors will come to explore all the borough has to offer.

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“Nothing of this scale and nature has ever happened in Enfield before”

yearly outdoor family screening in Broomfield Park. Elsewhere, the London Evening Standard revealed in December 2018 that Film London was scouting locations for shooting at Merdian Water Enfield’s warm welcome is also an attraction to key players within the fashion industry, including highly regarded contemporary designer Margaret Howell, who recently guest edited the influential Tate’s online selection. There is Tower Garments UK, set up to meet a growing demand for high quality ‘Made in England’ clothing, which the company says is “for people missing the traditional English

sense of community with locals coming regularly, meeting up with old friends and making new ones.” The screenings come with live music, intros from filmmakers and Q&A sessions. Local filmmaking talent is showcased at the yearly Here Film Festival. “We also support emerging creatives through the short film commissions,” adds Williamson, explaining how 23 budding filmmakers have already benefited from a £500 grant each, in addition to coaching, mentorship and help with production. Talkies has regular screenings in Enfield Town, Bounds Green, Winchmore Hill, Southgate and a

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Take a chance When Camden-based Noorganah Robertson started as a trainee electrician at Enfield construction company Ardmore, she was one of five women from 25 people on the firm’s apprentice schemes. The 34-year-old explains why she chose to become an apprentice, why electrics, and why Ardmore. Meanwhile, Kath Moore MBE, managing director of Women into Construction CIC, details the importance of encouraging females into the once male-dominated sector. Noella Pio Kivlehan reports

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the type of apprenticeship and your own personal ambitions. The rules changed in 2017, which allowed anyone of any age to become an apprentice, regardless if you have previous qualifications. As I already had a bachelor’s degree in film it took a bit longer for me to become an official apprentice. Apprenticeships are worth looking into for any industry. Why did you choose Ardmore, and where are you doing your apprenticeship? I am working in our site at Parker House, Holborn. When I was inexperienced, Ardmore was the first company to offer me work. And I love that it is a family based company. As for me, family is at the heart of most things. Working as an electrician, I wanted a job where I would be using both my head and my hands, in the sense that I would be solving problems and fixing them practically. When I have completed my portfolio and have finished the relevant units at college to officially qualify for a JIB (industry regular) Gold Card, I’m sure we’ll sit down and see what my options [within the company] are. Kath Moore MBE, managing director of Women into Construction CIC

Where were you previously working and why did you decide on a change of career? Before I started work experience with Ardmore in 2014, I specialised in camera and lighting predominantly, and editing. I would build lights to light actors in awkward spaces, as well as working out how and where to get power from when filming on location. So in principle [in

choosing to do an electrical apprentice] the work wasn’t that different, just more regular with a definitive finish time at the end of a day. Where will your apprenticeship lead you career-wise? An apprenticeship can lead you anywhere you want to go, depending on

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Why are you passionate about getting women into construction? Increasing the diversity of the industry makes good business sense. Companies that are more diverse are 35% more successful. The issue is particularly acute at present. There is a huge skill shortage in the industry with 78% of companies stating that this impacts on their activities and prevents them from taking on further work. Construction is a changing industry. It is a much more safety conscious and clean industry than it was when I started working in it more than 30 years ago. Are female numbers increasing? Numbers are slowly increasing. Women are starting to realise that they have the potential of a rewarding and well-paid career in construction, and that there are a huge variety of jobs available. It’s really not all muddy boots.

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TRENT PARK, A PLACE FOR ALL

Jonathan Denby jonathan.denby@greateranglia.co.uk

Greater Anglia

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Opportunity Enfield Issue 10

The Regeneration of Enfield

Music makers Major London festival comes to Enfield Led by design New leadership, new ambitions for inspirational projects