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Greens stake claim to be third party in London
With the Green Party's Mayoral candidate, Jenny Jones, coming third in the race for City Hall, the
Green Party third in the London-wide list vote, and Greens coming third in five of the 14 constituency
elections - and very close in a couple more - we have staked a claim to have replaced the sorry Lib Dems
as the third party in London.
In Enfield & Haringey Peter Krakowiak increased our share of the vote and ran the Lib Dem close for third
place.
As usual we outperformed the opinion polls which had us in danger of losing our two Assembly seats. In the
event the question was whether we would get a third. That was not to be, but we can look forward to 2016
with optimism.
Click here for the Enfield & Haringey result in detail
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EGP policy on the MU campus in Trent Park
For 75 years the green belt around London has been protected by law. In Enfield, Trent Park forms one
part of that protective belt. Indeed, it was to maintain the green belt that the park was brought into
public ownership in 1952. Despite the importance of the green belt it has always included some buildings.
For instance, Middlesex University (MU), and the preceding Teacher Training College, have been in the park
for over 60 years.
This will soon change since MU plans to close its Trent Park campus this summer. Now the University does
not merely occupy part of the park it actually owns part of it. And it is offering its 52 acre site for
sale or lease with a view to 'major redevelopment' (
http://www.trentparkcampus.com/development-opportunity
). These are words that should worry anyone who cares about our environment.
The departure of the University is both threat and opportunity. The threats include loss of green belt and
of access to public land. The opportunity is to reaffirm the value of the Green Belt and to fix the less
attractive features of the MU campus.
Since there are no development plans no detailed comments are possible. However, Enfield Green Party (EGP)
believes that whatever happens next should include the removal of some of the uglier buildings, a net
decrease in the developed area, maintenance of the current public access to the site and no increase in
vehicular traffic into the Park.
EGP would not resist redevelopment for educational purposes. Education is economically and culturally
important and a good development could be a positive asset to the borough - especially if it exploited
the location for research and teaching related to the natural environment
We would resist any residential development as this would violate the integrity of the Green Belt - one
of our oldest and most valuable environmental protections.
We call on Enfield Council to adopt these principles and to inform all potential developers that it will
scrutinise all development plans with the utmost care.
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