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28, Elmscott Gardens, N21 2BP

26/01245/HOUHouseholder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 29 October 2026

1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Excavation of garden with erection of perimeter retaining walls, two storey detached outbuilding to rear, partially-covered swimming pool, terrace areas and soft-landscaping.

Submitted
20 May 2026
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 162 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at 28, Elmscott Gardens, N21 2BP. Enfield has handled 985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 16 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 135 applications across Grange Park. We hold 745 applications in total for the N21 postcode area.

83% of householder 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 proposed outbuilding and associated boundary treatment, by reason of their excessive scale, bulk, height, massing and siting, together with the substantial excavation, land regrading and engineering operations required to facilitate the development, would result in a dominant, visually intrusive and overly engineered form of development that would fail to appear subordinate and incidental to the host dwelling. The proposal would cause unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area, contrary to Policies DP3 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026), Policy D4 of the London Plan (2010) , CP30 and CP36 of the Enfield Core Strategy (2010), DMD6, DMD8, DMD12 and DMD37 of the Enfield Development Management Document (2014).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
N21 2BP
Application type
Householder 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.

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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