Longbourn Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU Data via plota.co.uk

26/04027/TCA - Works to a tree in a Conservation Area Application in Progress
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to Holm oak tree in Forty Hill Conservation area: (T1) reduce height by 5m and reduce spread to match. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Sept 2026
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Validated
29 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 27 Oct 2026 and 3 Nov 2026, from Enfield's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 7

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Statement of reasons for work Statement of Reasons for Work · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree survey Tree Survey · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Sketch plan Sketch Plan · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data Application Form - Without Personal Data · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF DESCRIPTION OF WORKS Email · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE IMAGE Photo · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE PHOTOGRAPHS - CRACK IN THE WALL Photo · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 14

Grade II listed: Longbourne
List entry 1079560 · 2 m away · 7 more listed buildings within 150 m (7 Grade II)
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.
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Historic England ↗
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 ↗
Forty Hill conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Forty Hill · 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.
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 ↗
Registered park or garden 25 m away: Forty Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
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
Heritage at risk 25 m away: Forty Hall; Scheduled monument 187 m away: Elsyng Palace; Inside the Enfield built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat 22 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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

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Important details

Council
Enfield
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
EN2 9EU
Received
21 Sept 2026
Validated
29 Sept 2026
Ward
Whitewebbs
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Cornwell

Decision outlook

Day 10 of the 56-day target. Enfield usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 31.

Day 1046 days to the 56-day target
96%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
178decided 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 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15204049
Planning Portal ref
PP-15204049
Statutory expiry
10 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

23 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Works to trees in Forty Hill Conservation Area: 1x oak tree (T1) crown reduction up to 12m
24/03058/TCA
2023 Approved
Works to trees in Forty Hill Conservation Area: 2x sycamore (T1-T2): reduce crowns by up…
23/03382/TCA
2023 Approved
Works to trees in The Forty Hill Conservation Area: 1x sycamore (T1): reduce by up to 1.5…
23/01040/TCA
2023 Approved
Works to 1 x yew (T6) protected by Tree Preservation Order (No.348) 2011) - lift lower li…
23/00634/TPO
2019 Refused
Change of use from residential (C3) to mixed use comprising residential (C3) with guest h…
19/02826/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Coach House Longbourn B Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Conversion of the Coach House from garage/storage at ground floor for ancillary use for 1…
25/01358/LBC
2025 Approved
Elsynge Cottage 43 Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Works to trees in Forty Hill Conservation Area: 1x goat willow (T1) lift lower branches u…
25/00485/TCA
2025
Coach House Longbourn B Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Conversion of the Coach House from garage/storage at ground floor for ancillary use for 1…
25/01115/FUL
2025 Approved
Edelsten House Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Use of land for siting a mobile home for ancillary use to the main dwellinghouse.
25/00031/CEA
2025 Approved
Edelsten House Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Detached outbuilding at rear.
25/00046/HOU
2024 Approved
Edelsten House Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Works to tress in the Forty Hill Conservation area: (T1) - 1x laurel - fell to ground lev…
24/02709/TCA
2024 Approved
Elsynge Cottage 43 Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Addition of toilet and hand basin to existing rear garden room.
24/00184/CEA
2023 Approved
Elsynge Cottage 43 Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Installation of a roof light within the roof of the proposed rear extension and creation…
23/02969/LBC
2023 Approved
Elsynge Cottage 43 Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Installation of a roof light within the roof of the proposed rear extension and creation…
23/02968/HOU
2023 Approved
Elsynge Cottage 43 Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Detached garden room at rear to be used as a summer house.
23/01374/HOU
2022 Approved
Elsynge House 43 Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Single storey rear extension and internal alterations including installation of a new sta…
22/02563/LBC
2022 Approved
Elsynge House 43 Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Single storey rear extension and internal alterations including installation of a new sta…
22/02562/HOU
2022 Approved
Elsynge House 43 Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Works to 1 x 1 damson tree within Forty Hill conservation area - fell to ground level.
22/01068/TCA
2021 Approved
11 Clock House Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EX
Subdivision of existing garage to create home office space/garage involving installation…
21/01131/FUL
2019 Approved
Wolstenholme House Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Details pursuant to ref: 19/01758/HOU: external finishing materials (4), Archaeological I…
19/04221/CND
2019 Approved
Wolstenholme House Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Conversion of detached garage to annex, involving a single storey rear extension.
19/01758/HOU
2017 Approved
Clockhouse Nursery Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Details submitted pursuant to planning application ref: 16/02419/FUL comprising of archae…
17/03072/CND
2016 Approved
Edelsten House Forty Hill Enfield EN2 9EU
Work to trees in Forty Hill Conservation Area:- 1 x Laurel (T1)- Reduce from 8m - 6m, 1 x…
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Enfield
Planning Authority Score
6.9/10
Good
#65 of 296 councils
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Other 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
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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
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

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