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Watling Park Cressingham Road Edgware HA8 0RW

23/5080/192Proposed Lawful Development CertificateApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 January 2024

Council decision: LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) Scheme including: A section of Burnt Oak Brook will be realigned, taking it out of the concrete channel and meandering it into the park; A basin will be constructed to reduce flood risk by increasing flood storage in the park; Wetlands will be constructed to flood storage in the park and improving water quality; Some public realm features are proposed to be undertaken in the park, such as footpath realignment, planting, removal of trees, relocation of the playground and green gym; Some entrance improvements and landscaping works are also proposed at the entrance of the park from Orange Hill road; Works mainly along the river in the northern section of the park and the central section of the park where wetlands are proposed

Received
29 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burnt Oak
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Watling Park Cressingham Road Edgware HA8 0RW. Barnet has handled 2,167 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Barnet's typical decision time. The site is in the Watling Estate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Burnt Oak. We hold 1,449 applications in total for the HA8 postcode area.

75% of outline applications at London Borough of Barnet were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HA8 0RW
Application type
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2023
Target decision date
30 January 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12637526
Comments
0
Documents
57

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: The Watling Estate
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Area 1
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Barnet

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