Committee details

The Council has set up 7 Area Forums with fixed boundaries and memberships.  They each comprise 3 wards and are as follows:

·        Bowes, Southgate and Southgate Green

·        Bush Hill Park, Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill

·        Chase, Southbury and Town

·        Cockfosters, Grange and Highlands

·        Edmonton Green, Haselbury and Upper Edmonton

·        Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock and Turkey Street

·        Jubilee, Lower Edmonton and Ponders End

                        TERMS OF REFERENCE

(i)                 Identify, investigate and make recommendations on issues of importance to the area

(ii)               respond to consultation exercises about strategic issues, where the views of local communities are sought (e.g. the Community Strategy) - acting as the point of contact for the community to express their views

(iii)             act as consultee for the area on planning policy

(iv)              monitor and comment on the services provided by the council within their area

(v)                review the wider activities and issues within the area, including consideration of issues arising from other agencies providing services within the area

(vi)              develop and support partnership working, consultation and participation between the statutory and voluntary sectors and business, in relation to local issues

            (vii)      provide the link between the local community and the Council, particularly in relation to the Cabinet and the scrutiny function.