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Enfield: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

London Borough of Enfield: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000010.

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Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Enfield for 2026–27: £1,757.16 of a £2,267.67 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 0 opened, 1 closed (1 closure)

Phoenix Academy — closed; reason recorded: closure, 19 December 2025

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Enfield reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Enfield: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£335.9 million
Highways and transport services	£12.2 million
Children's social care	£95.8 million
Adult social care	£170.1 million
Public health	£23.0 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£51.8 million
Cultural and related services	£8.6 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£20.7 million
Planning and development services	£127,000
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£14.3 million
Other services	£26.9 million
Total service expenditure	£759.6 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Enfield in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 327,434 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 38 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £28,764 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £698 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 40.1% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 7.3% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £470,988 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 10.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 60.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 61.1 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 3.4 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 91.2% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 137.1 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 17,050 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

63 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 31, Labour Party 27, Green Party (E&W) 5.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 63 councillors, by ward

Paul Pratt (Conservative and Unionist) — Arnos Grove
Shyam Lennon (Conservative and Unionist) — Arnos Grove
Alex Diner (Labour Party) — Bowes
Dino Lemonides (Conservative and Unionist) — Bowes
Ahmet Hasan (Labour Party) — Brimsdown
Bektas Ozer (Labour Party) — Brimsdown
Hivran Dalkaya (Labour Party) — Brimsdown
Destiny Karakus (Labour Party) — Bullsmoor
Faye Nimoh (Labour Party) — Bullsmoor
James Hockney (Conservative and Unionist) — Bush Hill Park
Patricia Gregory (Conservative and Unionist) — Bush Hill Park
Peter Fallart (Conservative and Unionist) — Bush Hill Park
Ayten Guzel (Labour Party) — Carterhatch
Nawshad Ali (Labour Party) — Carterhatch
Alara Ayyildiz (Conservative and Unionist) — Cockfosters
Alessandro Georgiou (Conservative and Unionist) — Cockfosters
Abdul Abdullahi (Labour Party) — Edmonton Green
Ergin Erbil (Labour Party) — Edmonton Green
Gunes Akbulut (Labour Party) — Edmonton Green
Ratip Alsulaiman (Green Party (E&W)) — Enfield Lock
Sarah Jons (Green Party (E&W)) — Enfield Lock
Suna Hurman (Labour Party) — Enfield Lock
Andy Milne (Conservative and Unionist) — Grange Park
Chris Dey (Conservative and Unionist) — Grange Park
George Savva (Labour Party) — Haselbury
Ibrahim Cam (Labour Party) — Haselbury
Mahym Bedekova (Labour Party) — Haselbury
Bambos Charalambous (Conservative and Unionist) — Highfield
Peter Charalambous (Conservative and Unionist) — Highfield
Alev Cazimoglu (Labour Party) — Jubilee
Ian Barnes (Labour Party) — Jubilee
Susan Erbil (Labour Party) — Jubilee
Elif Erbil (Labour Party) — Lower Edmonton
Siddo Dwyer (Labour Party) — Lower Edmonton
Sinan Boztas (Labour Party) — Lower Edmonton
Laura Davenport (Green Party (E&W)) — New Southgate
Madeline Church (Green Party (E&W)) — New Southgate
James Bone (Conservative and Unionist) — Oakwood
Tom O'Halloran (Conservative and Unionist) — Oakwood
Chris James (Labour Party) — Palmers Green
Doug Taylor (Labour Party) — Palmers Green
Aziz Yildiz (Green Party (E&W)) — Ponders End
Niamh O'Brien (Labour Party) — Ponders End
Andrew Thorp (Conservative and Unionist) — Ridgeway
Edward Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Ridgeway
Joanne Laban (Conservative and Unionist) — Ridgeway
Benny Neza (Conservative and Unionist) — Southbury
Betty Achayo (Conservative and Unionist) — Southbury
Penny Heathwood (Conservative and Unionist) — Southbury
Chris Joannides (Conservative and Unionist) — Southgate
Elisa Morreale (Conservative and Unionist) — Southgate
Stephanos Ioannou (Conservative and Unionist) — Southgate
Emma Supple (Conservative and Unionist) — Town
Kiran Mistry (Conservative and Unionist) — Town
Michael Rye (Conservative and Unionist) — Town
Chris McCoy (Labour Party) — Upper Edmonton
Margaret Greer (Labour Party) — Upper Edmonton
Tim Leaver (Labour Party) — Upper Edmonton
Eralda Qirjo (Conservative and Unionist) — Whitewebbs
Maxwell Day (Conservative and Unionist) — Whitewebbs
Reece Fox (Conservative and Unionist) — Whitewebbs
Lee Chamberlain (Conservative and Unionist) — Winchmore Hill
Maria Alexandrou (Conservative and Unionist) — Winchmore Hill

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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