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26/03746/CND - Discharge Condition Application in Progress

Proposal

Details submitted pursuant to reference : play space/equipment (34) in respect of construction of a new build four-storey Selby Centre building comprising some 4795sqm (GEA) of multi- functional space for use by a range of community related activities (offices, meeting rooms, restaurant/ cafe and nursery, education, a new community hall and other flexible spaces for hire (Use classes F2(b), F1(a), E(b,d,g)); a new single storey sports pavilion (Class e(d)) comprising some 267.6 sqm (GEA) of floorspace and all associated plant and servicing infrastructure (including energy centre). A new vehicular access from Bull Lane; new/ replacement surface car and minibus parking; a floodlit 3-G playing pitch; a MUGA; a revised sports field layout (cricket and football); an outdoor gym; padel courts; children's play-spaces; community growing space; new wildlife areas and surface water attenuation pond; new and enhanced boundary treatments; enhanced pedestrian/ cycle entrances into the Park and a network of new/ enhanced pedestrian and cycle links within the Park and associated lighting. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
2 Sept 2026
Consultation
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 28 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 28 Oct 2026. Comments are open until 30 Sept 2026.

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Site constraints 4

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Designated open space
Borough-designated open space.
Loss of protected open space is resisted unless it is replaced by space of equal or better quality nearby.
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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Council
Enfield
Application type
Discharge Condition
Postcode
N18 1RA
Received
2 Sept 2026
Validated
2 Sept 2026
Ward
Upper Edmonton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15191138
Consultation
9 Sept 2026
Comments by
30 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
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