National Grid Overhead Electric Line Part Adjacent To River Lee Navigation, Brimsdown Substation, Mollison Avenue, Enfield

26/00533/DCODevelopment Consent OrderApproved

Approved on 26 March 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Details submitted to Discharge Schedule 2, Requirement 3 (Written Scheme setting out all stages of the authorised development) in relation to the National Grid (North London Reinforcement Project) Order 2014.

Received: 11 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: London Borough of Enfield
Ward: Enfield Lock

ReceivedReceived11 Feb
ValidatedValidated11 Feb
Consult.Consultation5 Mar
TargetTarget Date7 Apr
DecidedDecided26 Mar

Decided in 43 days

About this application

This is a planning application at National Grid Overhead Electric Line Part Adjacent To River Lee Navigation, Brimsdown Substation, Mollison Avenue, Enfield. Enfield has handled 10,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Enfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Enfield Lock.

Application details

Application type: Development Consent Order
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 5 March 2026
Consultation start: 19 February 2026
Consultation end: 5 March 2026
Last date for comments: 5 March 2026
Target decision date: 7 April 2026
Permission expires: 26 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: Arup
Agent address: 8 Fitzroy Street London W1T 4BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14679787
Documents: 5
Constraints: 196

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Article 4 direction: Borough widePart of the site
Green belt: EnfieldPart of the site · +1 more

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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

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