Former Middlesex University Trent Park Bramley Road N14 4YZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/03244/CND - Discharge Condition Application in Progress

Proposal

Details submitted pursuant to for Children Playspace (20) in respect of the phased redevelopment of site to provide a total of 262 residential units , museum, cafe and leisure uses, ancillary parking, vehicle and pedestrian access routes and cycle ways, demolition of Bevan Hall, Lakeview, Wisteria Building, Jebb Building, the Student Union, Gubbay Hall, the Sports Hall, Sassoon Hall, the Bothy, South Lodge, Music Block and ancillary structures, restoration and change of use of The Mansion House to museum/event space/cafe and residential; restoration and extension of Orangery and swimming pool, conversion of Dower House, and The Stable Block, refurbishment of Gardeners Cottage and Rookery Lodge, restoration of landscaped public amenity areas, including statues, urns and gates, and outdoor tennis courts, on-site childrens play space, hockey club car park, highway alterations to the junction of Snakes Lane with Bramley Road and erection of shuttle bus garage (See decision notice for full proposal) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

30 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

27 Aug 2026

Decision

Target date was 24 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 90.

The consultation period closed on 17 Sept 2026.

Documents 5

Plans & drawings 2

PDF BUILDINGS 1 AND 2 ELEVATIONS AND LANDSCAPE PROPOSALS Landscaping Details · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PATH AND PLAY BARK DETAILS Detail Drawing · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data Application Form - Without Personal Data · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 4

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Site constraints 12

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 ↗

Registered park or garden: Trent Park

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Trent Park 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 ↗

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.

Heritage at risk: Trent Park

On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.

A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.

Historic England ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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.

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: Wood pasture and parkland

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

Also on the record

2 listed buildings within 150 m; Public transport access: PTAL 0 (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat 30 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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: Enfield
Application type: Discharge Condition
Postcode: N14 4YZ
Received: 30 Jul 2026
Validated: 30 Jul 2026
Ward: Cockfosters
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 90, past the statutory target. 97% of changes of use in Enfield are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 29 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 9034 days past the 56-day target

80%decided within 8 weeks

70%approved

551decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Enfield in the last twelve months, from validation. Enfield decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 26 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14112683
Planning Portal ref: PP-14112683
Consultation: 27 Aug 2026
Comments by: 17 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 24 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Enfield

Planning Authority Score

6.9/10

Good

#65 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

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