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Alma Road HMO Refused: Councillors Overrule Planners 11-1
Enfield councillors refused a six-person HMO at 429 Alma Road, Brimsdown, on parking grounds, after officers had backed it. 32 people objected.
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House prices
Enfield house prices: semis hit a record £720,969
Enfield's semi-detached homes reached a record £720,969 in August. The borough average rose 1.2% in a month to £474,855, while London fell 2.2% over the year.
Enfield Highway
Exeter Road estate rebuild: 37 homes, 9 fewer than planned
Enfield Council has let the contract for 37 affordable homes on the Exeter Road estate, EN3. Work must start by 30 September to keep its GLA grant.
Ponders End
Alma Estate regeneration: council buys 127 social rent homes
Enfield Council will own all 127 social rent homes in the Alma Estate's next phase, under completed deals with Vistry. The 421-home Phase 2B is under way.
House prices
Enfield house prices rise, but sales are lowest since 1995
Enfield's average reached £470,988 in July, up £2,765 on the year. Just 681 homes sold from January to May, the fewest in any year since the index began.
Lower Edmonton
Walbrook House: Demolition and CPO Agreed, 3 Leaseholds Left
Enfield's Cabinet agreed on 9 September to demolish Walbrook House, a 23-storey block of 126 homes in Lower Edmonton, and to use a CPO on the last three flats.
Enfield Council
Enfield Recovered 18 Council Homes From Tenancy Fraud
Enfield's counter fraud team recovered 18 social homes and identified £2.7m of fraud in 2025-26, from 623 referrals. Councillors see the figures on 8 September.
House prices
Enfield house prices: £471,019, and 19 London boroughs fell
Enfield's average hit £471,019 in June, up £1,358 in a year. Terraced homes gained £8,031 while flats lost £4,298, and 19 London boroughs fell.
Housing
Alma Estate: council to buy 93 homes as final phases unlock
Enfield Council will buy 47 more Phase 2B homes from Vistry, taking its total to 93, under a decision signed on 6 August that also unlocks the estate's final phases.