Enfield, London

Architectural drawings in Enfield

Enfield stretches from dense north London streets to open countryside: green belt covers 37 per cent of the borough and 33 Article 4 areas are mapped. Our MCIAT chartered architectural technologists prepare architectural drawings for Enfield homes from £745 including VAT.

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Rear view of brick terraced houses in London with slate roofs and chimney stacks along the shared roofline

Enfield in numbers

Figures with their unit, period and source
Measure	Value	Period	Source
Green Belt share of the council area	37 % of council area covered by green-belt polygons	—	planning.data.gov.uk
Article 4 direction areas	33 Article 4 direction area polygons published by the council	—	planning.data.gov.uk
Conservation areas	24 named conservation areas published by the council	—	planning.data.gov.uk
Listed building entries	301 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary)	—	planning.data.gov.uk
Householder decisions	934 decisions	1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026	assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
Householder applications granted	83.4 %	1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026	assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
Householder applications decided in time	92.4 % decided within 8 weeks or an agreed extended period	1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026	assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
Households living in a house	61.2 % of households living in a house or bungalow (detached, semi-detached or terraced)	Census 2021	nomisweb.co.uk
Mayoral CIL charging band	2 MCIL2 charging band (1-3)	—	london.gov.uk
Mayoral CIL rate (indexed)	72.73 £/m² (indexed, permissions granted in 2026)	—	london.gov.uk

A blank value means the figure has not been published, not that there are none. Check your own address with the council.

Councils bordering Enfield

Householder applications by street in Enfield

Streets in Enfield with the most householder applications, and the share approved
Street	Applications	Approved
Lonsdale Drive	43	85%
Wynchgate	37	84%
Prince George Avenue	35	83%
South Lodge Drive	32	74%
Old Park Ridings	29	64%
The Chine	29	66%
Beech Hill Avenue	28	76%
Chase Road	28	56%
Lakenheath	28	70%
Lancaster Avenue	28	77%
Winchmore Hill Road	28	75%
Conway Road	27	78%
Merryhills Drive	27	85%
Derwent Road	25	73%
Woodland Way	25	67%

Counts of householder applications by street; no individual applications are shown. Streets with fewer than five applications are left out.Source: GLA Planning London Datahub, householder applications, all years held. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Constraints check: Enfield

What we check first on any Enfield address. Counts are for the whole council area.

A · Conservation areas: 24 named conservation areas published by the council
C · Listed building entries: 301 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary)

Architectural drawings in a borough of two halves

61.2 per cent of Enfield's 120,923 households live in a house or bungalow, and 52.4 per cent own their home. Gardens cover 21.7 per cent of the land.

A suburban semi and a house in open countryside are in different planning worlds. Inside the green belt, the question is how large the extension is compared with the original building. Inside the built-up area, it is the street and the neighbours.

Our constraints check settles which world you are in before we draw.

Upper floors of a large yellow-brick Victorian house in London with chimney pots

Article 4 and conservation in Enfield

The council has 33 mapped Article 4 areas. Each removes a right that permitted development would otherwise give, such as changing a front window or knocking down a boundary wall.

There are also 24 conservation areas. Historic England lists 301 entries: 3 at Grade I, 22 at Grade II* and 274 at Grade II, and 22 entries sit on the Heritage at Risk Register.

Check the area map before buying a house with extension plans. Rights that exist on one road may be gone on the next.

What guidance Enfield publishes

TODO (writer): Enfield's adopted local plan name and any householder SPD, not confirmed from a council page because enfield.gov.uk refused automated access

Until that is confirmed we will not quote a guide. What we can say is that the borough decides householder applications against its local plan and the character of each street, and our drawings show neighbour relationships clearly because those are what cases turn on.

The council's online register is open to everyone. A search of your own road for past extensions is the quickest way to see what was allowed.

How Enfield performs on householder applications

Enfield decided 934 householder applications in the latest twelve months and granted 83.4 per cent. About 92.4 per cent met the eight-week target or an agreed extension.

National statistics for a nearby period show 999 decisions and 83.1 per cent granted. The council also recorded 636 lawful development certificates.

A Lawful Development Certificate in Enfield is worth thinking about for a rear extension or loft that fits permitted limits. These are past figures, not a promise.

Levy and costs in Enfield

Enfield is in band 2 of the Mayor's levy at £72.73 per square metre for permissions granted this year. Check the borough schedule too before committing to a large scheme.

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