Crews Hill, Enfield

 

Crews Hill, Enfield

Working on behalf of the London Borough of Enfield, our urbanism team provided transport and movement advice to support the development of a placemaking study and masterplan for proposed residential development at Crews Hill, Enfield - led by We Made That. Our conservation team also provided heritage advice for the work, which was principally to develop a spatial framework to inform Local Plan Regulation 19 policies to support the proposed startegic allocation at Crews Hill.

Work on London Borough of Enfield’s land supply position has indicated that strategic allocations are needed in the Green Belt. The site was identified in Enfield's emerging local plan and our work sought to create a sustainable development that reflected the character and open space of the area.

The development of Crews Hill presents an opportunity to improve access to Enfield Chase and maximised the impact of new publicly accessible woodlands and extensive new footpath links on the site of the former royal hunting forest. The goal of the scheme is to enhance landscapes and support ecosystem recovery through long-term, large-scale, land use change and habitat restoration projects. Our heritage advice identified four Historic Landscape Character Areas, which informed the reports' approach to urban form, whereby the lower density development in areas with a stronger agricultural character will retain a distinct character.

Crews Hill was one of two large-scale strategic site allocations within the Green Belt. Together with Crews Hill, Chase Park was consulted on as part of Enfield Council’s last Regulation 18 consultation.

Client: London Borough of Enfield
Collaborator: We Made That
Images courtesy of: We Made That