Woodland Adjacent To North Lodge Whitewebbs Road Enfield EN2 9JN Data via plota.co.uk

26/03587/OA - Other Authority No objection Raised - OA
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Improve structural diversity and increase the mosaic of open space and woodland edge lost through encroachment of vegetation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 7 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 66.

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 9

Ancient woodland: Whitewebbs Wood
Irreplaceable habitat. Standing advice asks for a 15 m buffer from the boundary.
National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
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: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Public transport access: PTAL 0 (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Enfield
Application type
Other Authority
Postcode
EN2 9JN
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Whitewebbs
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
Forestry Commission

Decision outlook

Day 66, past the statutory target. 97% of tree and landscaping works in Enfield are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 23 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 6610 days past the 56-day target
96%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
194decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Enfield in the last twelve months, from validation. Enfield decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
7 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Approved
Porter Cabin Cafe Whitewebbs Golf Club Beggars Hollow Enfield EN2 9JN
Erection of a freestanding single storey Kiosk Cafe (A3).
16/01811/FUL
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.

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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
5%
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings