Plans to build a new primary school on an open space could be approved next week - despite uproar from people living nearby.

People living near Ladysmith Road open space, in Edmonton, are outraged by the possibility of the loss of the space after it was sold to St John the Evangelist church.

The plans submitted to Enfield Borough Council will see a new school for 420 pupils built on the site including a multi-use games area, soft and hard surfaced play areas.

The building would be one and two storeys high and have car and cycle parking accessed from Albany Road.

Planning officers have recommended approving the application, part of the Meridian Water masterplan, which will see thousands of new homes built as well as schools and train station.

Members of Residents of Edmonton Angel Community Together (REACT) are furious that the open space could be built on.

Group chairman Grace Kamall said: “We are now set to lose the only green space in this part of the borough, where will our children play now? The alternative is to cross a dangerous A406, we feel we have been robbed of this land.”

Plans will go before Enfield Borough Council's planning committee on Tuesday.

A petition against the proposal has generated more than 250 signatures, and many have objected to the application.

The petition reads: “It is inappropriate that the land should change use from a well developed and maintained park to a built area which the public will be excluded from. This will deprive people of the area of all ages and backgrounds to the park which has been enjoyed as a public amenity by the locals in the area for 23 years.”