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16, Drapers Road, EN2 8LU

25/04071/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 9 April 2026

2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Erection of 4x 3-storey terraced dwelling houses, with associated hardstanding and refuse and cycle storage.

Submitted
8 December 2025
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 122 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at 16, Drapers Road, EN2 8LU. Enfield has handled 1,094 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 10 weeks longer than Enfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Ridgeway. We hold 907 applications in total for the EN2 postcode area.

68% of full planning permission 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application fails to provide adequate and policy-compliant arboricultural information, including a tree retention/removal plan, Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Tree Protection Plan, in accordance with BS5837:2012. As such, it has not been demonstrated that existing trees can be adequately protected and retained, or that the development would not result in harm to trees of amenity value. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies G6 and G7 of the London Plan (2021), Policy CP30 of the Enfield Core Strategy (2010), Policies DMD37 and DMD80 of the Enfield Development Management Document (2014), and BS5837:2012 - Trees in Relation to Design, Demolition and Construction.
  2. The proposed development fails to provide any mechanism to secure the statutory Biodiversity Net Gain or demonstrate the required 10% uplift in biodiversity value, contrary to Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as inserted by the Environment Act 2021), Section 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), Policy G6 of the London Plan (2021), Policy CP36 of the Enfield Core Strategy (2010), Policies DMD78 and DMD79 of the Enfield Development Management Document (2014).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EN2 8LU
Application type
Full planning permission

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.

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