Oliver House 23 Windmill Hill Enfield EN2 7AB

24/03407/PMAClass MA change of use Prior ApprovalApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 19 December 2024

Council decision: Prior approval granted with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of ground, first and second floors from office use (Class E(c) (i)) to 11 x self-contained flats (Class C3).

Received: 11 October 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: London Borough of Enfield
Ward: Ridgeway
Agent: Montagu Evans LLP

ReceivedReceived11 Oct
ValidatedValidated1 Nov
Consult.Consultation25 Nov
TargetTarget Date25 Dec
DecidedDecided19 Dec

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Oliver House 23 Windmill Hill Enfield EN2 7AB. Enfield has handled 201 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Enfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Ridgeway. We hold 908 applications in total for the EN2 postcode area.

74% of amendment 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: EN2 7AB
Application type: Class MA change of use Prior Approval
Scale / size: Medium
Number of dwellings: 11

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 November 2024
Consultation expiry: 29 November 2024
Consultation start: 4 November 2024
Consultation end: 25 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 5 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 29 November 2024
Last date for comments: 29 November 2024
Target decision date: 25 December 2024
Permission expires: 19 December 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address: 70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 54 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13458616
Documents: 20
Constraints: 13

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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Enfield

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