Stop the Town Towers

No to massive tower blocks in the centre of Enfield Town. Yes to homes, no to tower blocks. Write to your MP and cllrs via

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

This illustration shows the height of one of the tower blocks proposed for Palace Gardens in Enfield Town, compared to other local buildings and Nelson’s Column. 👇

[Al Sims @AlSims17]

Enfield Council strikes again, putting profit and vanity before sanity.

There is almost no other country in the world where a building over 100 metres tall with only a single means of escape would be approved. In Enfield our council encourages them.

Complete madness.

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

This illustration shows the height of one of the tower blocks proposed for Palace Gardens in Enfield Town, compared to other local buildings and Nelson’s Column. 👇

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

@CllrGuzel This seems a bit harsh:
1. It's comparing apples with pears
2. The Labour London Mayor wants to protect green belt
3. What's your position on green belt as manifesto doesn't say?
4. There's examples of different planning inspector decisions
https://t.co/unlwITDf2w

[BetterHomesEnfield @BetterEnfield]

Local journalism is vital for exposing the truth and holding those in authority to account.

Where would we be without our local journalists! Thank you @EnfieldDispatch

@chakrabortty @ollywainwright @insidehousing @ArchitectsJrnal @RTPIPlanners

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

"Everything failed, the smoke alarms failed, the fire doors failed - they had all the kit but none of it worked."

Maybe we should stop building awful tower blocks?

There are alternatives to tall towers.

https://t.co/wRZKOfPtqm

[Stressed eric @enfieldresid]

@stop_town

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

@BetterEnfield Deeply troubling that Enfield Council has such a casual relationship with facts and the truth

[BetterHomesEnfield @BetterEnfield]

Let's be 100% clear about this.

Enfield Council does NOT have enough land available @MerdianWater to build 10,000 homes and deliver 6,000 jobs.

It has enough land for less than half this number.

This video is massively misleading👇

[BetterHomesEnfield @BetterEnfield]

Most other London Councils acted years ago to stop office conversions like this, but Enfield Council ignored the evidence and the serious problems and failed to act. (1/4)

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

@EnfieldDispatch The plans include barely any play space, yet they're estimating over 600 children will live there!

How could the plans have got through planning without the necessary minimum play space?

Will children use the shopping centre area instead?
@EnfieldCouncil

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

These tower blocks will do next to nothing to help people in Edmonton.

Flats mostly unaffordable and too small, not enough green space, needs of children ignored (again), harmful to existing residents, loss of jobs ...

Has Enfield Council learnt nothing from Covid?

[BetterHomesEnfield @BetterEnfield]

New tower blocks approved for Edmonton Green https://t.co/OpqU2WypZB

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

@EnfieldDispatch What? Family sized apartments are common across London and Europe and the funding challenges are very similar for smaller and larger homes. This sounds like an attempt by the council to distract people from their failings or laying groundwork to build on green belt.

[Paul Dobraszczyk @dobraszczyk]

Unreal city: Battersea Park Road, London

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

@EnfieldDispatch Couldn't help noticing that the CGI image used doesn’t include the very tall tower blocks planned for Meridian Water Phase 1b.

The council should at least have the courage of their convictions and not use misleading images as it undermines trust in them and planning generally.

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

There are lots of reasons to avoid building tall towers 👇

We need to learn from mistakes, not keep repeating them.

[Enfield Dispatch @EnfieldDispatch]

Tower block residents slam landlord over fire safety https://t.co/e60Ksu34eH

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

@Nicole15775221 Nothing definite - but we hear that the developer is reviewing their plans to try and come up with an alternative approach e.g. reconfiguring buildings to reduce height of the tallest towers and increase affordable housing

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

@BetterEnfield sounds very messy

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

@BetterEnfield Useful analysis. I wonder if the members of the planning commitee know this information for committee approvals? 9 out of 10 units approved over 4 years is good but the mix is a concern.
@MR4Town @PeterFallart @dougtaylor281 @cllranderson @KateAnolue @MBedekova @SusanErbil

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

@BetterEnfield very bad - what on earth is going on @EnfieldCouncil?

[Stop the Town Towers @stop_town]

@BetterEnfield @EnfieldCouncil Looks horrendous. So many single aspect flats that will oveheat, poor air circulation etc. Walls cutting acorss windows - the building will be incredibly noisey. Appaling rubbish.

Why did @EnfieldCouncil support this?