It is owned, managed and funded by London Borough of Enfield Council.
The former Enfield Council strongly objected due to the building's historic value but demolition began on 6 February 1984.
A member of Enfield Council from 1928 to 1938, he served as mayor from 1930 to 1935.
The current ground at Strayfield Road, only a few hundred yards from Claysmore, is part of Hilly Fields Park, owned by Enfield Council.
The conversion is the first part of the £1.3billion Meridian Water eco-friendly development delivered by Enfield Council.
This was absorbed into the London Borough of Enfield in 1965, and the former Town Hall and civic buildings were controversially demolished by Enfield Council in 1989.
He explained that he needed the papers because Enfield Council were giving first preference for jobs to returned soldiers.
The university had ambitious plans to redevelop the site, but they were twice rejected by Enfield Council on environmental concerns.
In 2008 Enfield Council referred the changes to an Independent Review Panel, which broadly endorsed them in its report of September 2008.
The Hall closed to the public in late 2010 for a major redevelopment project funded by Enfield Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund.