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Decided 25/03547/VAR

Admin / procedural

Council

Enfield 6.9/10

Date received

14 Oct 2025

Date validated

14 Oct 2025

Postcode

EN4 0DZ

Description

Variation of condition 02, 41 and 42 of Ref: (as amended by 25/03161/NMA) to allow 22 additional residential units, alterations to unit mix, amendments to ground floor landscaping, second stair core to all 4 buildings and increase in height to range between 6 and 15 storeys. Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 07:21

Planning committee

Decided by Enfield Planning Committee on 24 Feb 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the amendments would add homes, retain 40% affordable housing and provide acceptable design, amenity and transport outcomes.
Residents’ and a councillor’s representatives spoke against the recommendation, while the applicant’s representative spoke in response.
Members voted 6 to 4 to approve permission, subject to a Section 106 deed and conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposed changes, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Enfield's committee minutes of 24 Feb 2026.

Associated applications 4

Part of

FullApproved4 Sep 2023council archive

Conditions 2, 41, 42 decided (outcome not recorded)
- VariationVariation of condition 02, 41 and 42 to allow 22 additional residential units, alterations…This application14 Oct 202525/03547/VAR
- Show 2 more · 1 approved, 1 decided
  - AmendmentNon material amendment to allow internal layout amendments, including reconfiguration…25 Sep 202626/03926/NMA
  - AmendmentNon-material amendment to allow amendment to the description of works to read as follows12 Sep 202525/03161/NMA

Site constraints 11

Grade II listed: Cockfosters London Regional Transport Station Including Platforms and Platform Canopies

List entry 1358718 · 17 m away

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

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 ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Conservation area 32 m away: Trent Park; Registered park or garden 167 m away: Trent Park; Inside the Enfield built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space 17 m away; Green belt 42 m away: London; Priority habitat 42 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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