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429, Alma Road, EN3 7RS

26/01720/FULFull planning permissionRefused
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Refused on 28 October 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Use Class C3 (dwelling house) to Use Class C4 (HMO-house in multiple occupation) involving rear dormer with front rooflights and associated amenity, cycle and refuse storage.

Submitted
29 April 2026
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 182 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a dormer extension at 429, Alma Road, EN3 7RS. Enfield has handled 1,094 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 19 weeks longer than Enfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Brimsdown. We hold 2,957 applications in total for the EN3 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 proposed development fails to make adequate provision for the parking demand likely to be generated by the use. This would result in increased pressure for the limited on-street parking spaces available in the surrounding area, causing parking displacement and inconvenience to existing residents through a reduction in the availability of on-street parking within reasonable proximity of homes. As such, the proposal would have an unacceptable adverse impact on the amenities of neighbouring occupiers, parking stress and the operation of the local highway network, contrary to Policies DMD 5 and DMD 45 of the Development Management Document (2014), Policy T6 of the London Plan (2021) and Policy TR6 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EN3 7RS
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.

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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