Wingate And Finchley Football Club Summers Lane London N12 0PD Data via plota.co.uk

26/2470/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Installation of padel courts including lighting, covered seating area and associated soft and hard landscaping. New shelter/storage room (Part Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
30 Jun 2026
✓
Validated
22 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
6 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
16 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 16 Sept 2026 · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

Metropolitan Open Land
Green belt level protection inside London.
The London Plan gives Metropolitan Open Land the same protection as green belt: inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Article 4 direction
Article 4 Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Area 1. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Air quality management area: Barnet 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 ↗
Local nature reserve 174 m away: Coppetts Wood and Glebelands
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Grandstand at Summers Lane sports ground, Grade II, 46 m away
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Also on the record
Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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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Important details

Council
Barnet
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
N12 0PD
Received
30 Jun 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Ward
Woodhouse
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
16 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Q Square Group Ltd
Leaseholder
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 43% of commercial and major works here are.

70%decided within 8 weeks
57%approved
39decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Barnet in the last twelve months, from validation. Barnet decision record →

Public comments

13comments received
5 objecting8 supporting

62% support · above the UK average of 16%

Last counted 17 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15031225
Planning Portal ref
PP-15031225
Comments by
27 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
6 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Sept 2026
Barnet
Planning Authority Score
6.2/10
Average
#90 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Barnet is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #42 out of 296. Only 25% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Barnet is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 82% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Barnet decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
75%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #285 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #264 of 296
79%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #42 of 296
25%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #29 of 296
55%
Minor dwellings approved
319 decided (1-9 homes)
90%
Major dwellings approved
21 decided (10+ homes)
41%
Change of use approved
132 decided
2,541
Total decisions
625 refused in the year to March 2026

Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.