Broomfield House Palmers Green

What you think of the proposals for the house

The Broomfield House trust

Roger Blows, secretary of the Broomfield House Trust, reviews the 2010 proposal by Enfield Council to rebuild Broomfield House using The Mayor of Londons fund for creating housing in currently disused buildings.

Enfield Council - Communications feedback

Ed Grieve reveals the most popular questions he was asked at the exhibitions in January 2011 - and the answers.

In this video, Ed Grieve describes the objections that some people raised about the scheme at the recent Exhibitions in January 2011.

Ed Grieve is co-ordinating the communications process for Enfield Council relating to the rebuilding of Broomfield House. During the consultation stage of the process, Ed would like to hear from all interested parties and residents.Please contact him on 020 7457 2055 or via e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Re the 2010 Enfield Council proposals to rebuild Broomfield House using the stables block for housing....
Local Resident Tony Elliott makes a suggestion to enable more community space in Broomfield House whilst keeping the same number of living units

The perceived lack of “community space” on the ground floor of the restored Broomfield House seems to arise from two factors:
 
1) The query as to whether a development with only 18 or 19, as opposed to 20, housing units will be financially viable for a Registered Social Landlord (RSL) to take on, even with the benefit of the Mayor’s funding; and

2) The constraints imposed by the need (and of course, desire) to preserve historic structures, forms and rooms.
 
Is there is any possibility of extending the proposed building below in the stables area, in the direction of either or both blue arrows, so as to create two units rather than one?

If so, this might reduce the commercial “pressure” for two units on the ground floor of Broomfield House. This may slightly reduce external amenity space for the occupiers of the new units in the stable yard, but presumably it is relevant that the entire fifty-four acre park will in practice be at their disposal.
 
Also, perhaps the architects could revisit the question of whether the ground floor of the House could be reconfigured to allow for one flat, and a more flexible configuration of café and community uses, bearing in mind that the café will presumably function during the day whilst many community uses would require space in the evening.  As a suggestion, the room highlighted in green on the Broomfield House ground floor plan below could surely be available for community use for at least part of the time?

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