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Brimsdown Substation, Mollison Avenue, Enfield, EN3 7NR

P13-00102PLAFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 13 March 2013

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of land east of site from open space/scrubland to operational land involving the relocation of footpath and part boundary line and erection of new boundary fencing (2.4m high steel palisade fence with 4m high electric fence to rear).

Received
10 January 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Brimsdown Substation, Mollison Avenue, Enfield, EN3 7NR. Enfield has handled 1,569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Enfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,957 applications in total for the EN3 postcode area.

72% of full 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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Application details

Postcode
EN3 7NR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2013
Consultation start
4 February 2013
Neighbour consultation start
4 February 2013
Target decision date
13 March 2013
Application expires
13 March 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Gables House, Kenilworth Road Warwickshire Royal Lemington Spa CV32 6JX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02363315
Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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© 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 2026-11-03. 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.

Source: Enfield

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