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1786 Great Cambridge Road Waltham Cross EN8 8EY

24/00233/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 27 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Use Class C3 (dwelling house) to Use Class C4 (house in multiple occupation) together with a single floor rear extension with refuse and cycle storage.

Received
25 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Bullsmoor
Agent
Excel Planning
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 1786 Great Cambridge Road Waltham Cross EN8 8EY. Enfield has handled 1,569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Enfield's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 362 applications across Bullsmoor. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the EN8 postcode area.

72% of full applications at London Borough of Enfield were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EN8 8EY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2024
Consultation expiry
25 February 2024
Consultation start
31 January 2024
Consultation end
21 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
1 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2024
Last date for comments
25 February 2024
Target decision date
25 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Excel Planning
Architect profile
EXCEL PLANNING LTD
Agent address
45 Stamford Hill London N16 5SR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
54 days

Appeal history

3363697
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 October 2025Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12754437
Documents
9
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Borough wide
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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: Enfield

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