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Decided 25/02521/NMA

Admin / procedural

Council

Enfield 6.9/10

Date received

22 Jul 2025

Date validated

22 Jul 2025

Description

Non material amendment to Ref: to allow amendment to the drafting of Condition 36 (Brooks Naturalisation) to allow specified works within the brooks in advance of the submission and approval of the brooks naturalisation scheme. Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 15 Oct 2026, 01:38

Site constraints 10

Article 4 direction

Borough wide. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

Air quality management area: Enfield AQMA

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

National infrastructure project about 91 m away: North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement

The site is about 91 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: North London Heat and Power Project (decided, about 601 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Opportunity area

Where the London Plan expects significant growth.

Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.

Also on the record

Flood defence about 19 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood); Inside the Enfield built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 14 m away; Priority habitat about 34 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Enfield

Planning Authority Score

6.9/10

Good

#65 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Enfield is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #15 out of 296. Only 5% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Enfield is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

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Enfield decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

78%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #271 of 296

83%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #260 of 296

90%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #15 of 296

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #1 of 296

60%

Minor dwellings approved

265 decided (1-9 homes)

63%

Major dwellings approved

8 decided (10+ homes)

72%

Change of use approved

322 decided

1,939

Total decisions

433 refused in the year to March 2026