Enfield has a library and these days should consider themselves very lucky. However, Enfield, surprisingly is in a “building conservation” area and 600 local people have signed a petition to say that the mural that has been placed on one of the outside walls of the library building is an “eyesore”. Added to that the Council omitted to obtain planning permission for it( which it now has retrospectively).
The mural itself is very bright, colourful and artistic having been designed with the help of the local school children as well as financed not by local taxes but by local developers who obviously do not have any problem getting planning permission.
The objectors have said that in a couple of years, the colours will have faded and the maintenance of the mural would be an additional cost. The Council representatives have said that there is a budget put aside for maintenance but that they will not tell anyone how much it is.
Is the mural nice or not, I’m not here to judge, but it does seem a bit selfish of the Council to decide on something without considering the local area and whether it fitted in to what after all is a conservation area. Why not celebrate the “conservation” element? The mural might have been better placed inside the building.
A AI representation of the mural, not the actual one in Enfield
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