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Library 198 - 200 High Street Enfield EN3 4EZ

25/02658/FULFullPending Decision

Proposal

Conversion of the first floor (ancillary to the ground floor Ponders End library) to 8no self-contained office and conversion of part of the ground floor to a E use class cafe at Ponders End Library, 198-200 High St, Ponders End, Enfield EN3 4EZ.

Received
5 August 2025
Target decision date
26 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Ponders End
Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided
7 weeks typical decision time in Enfield72% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at Library 198 - 200 High Street Enfield EN3 4EZ. Enfield has handled 1,603 applications of this type and approves 70% of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. It was submitted on 5 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 154 applications across Ponders End. We hold 2,889 applications in total for the EN3 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
25/02658/FUL
Address
Library 198 - 200 High Street Enfield EN3 4EZ
Postcode
EN3 4EZ
Local Authority
Enfield
Application Type
Full
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Application in Progress
Ward
Ponders End

Applicant & Agent

Agent
PHAARASPA DESIGN STUDIO LTD
Agent Address
FLAT 69 GALLEY HOUSE 1 ATLANTIS AVENUE LONDON England E16 2UB United Kingdom

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
5 August 2025
Consultation Expiry
5 October 2025
Target Decision Date
26 October 2025
Date Validated
2 September 2025
Date Submitted
5 August 2025
Consultation Start
9 September 2025
Consultation End
30 September 2025
Neighbour Consultation Start
11 September 2025
Neighbour Consultation End
5 October 2025
Last Date for Comments
5 October 2025

Planning Decision

Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
54 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14226957
Comments
2
Documents
14
Constraints
10
Coordinates
51.645400, -0.046799
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Enfield

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Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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