PLANNING CONSULTANTS · ENFIELD
Planning consultants in Enfield
We prepare and coordinate the planning case and specialist reports for sites in Enfield covering Enfield Town, Edmonton, Palmers Green, Southgate, Winchmore Hill and Ponders End. This page sets out what London Borough of Enfield asks for when you apply, with links to the council's own documents.
THE COUNCIL'S DOCUMENTS
What Enfield
judges you against.
Validation list. Local Validation Requirements for planning applications (All Applications Except Householder; and Householder Applications) (28 September 2026). An application missing a required document can be made invalid, which delays the decision.
Development plan. Enfield Core Strategy (adopted, 2010); Enfield Development Management Document (adopted, 2014); Enfield Local Plan (new) (emerging, Post).
National policy. The National Planning Policy Framework and, for every London council, the London Plan 2021 sit alongside the local plan.
LOCAL PLANNING POINTS
Things that shape applications in Enfield.
Checked against the council's published policy and guidance. Each point links to its source.
- Article 4 directions cover all or part of many conservation areas, including Enfield Town, Enfield Lock, Bush Hill Park, Winchmore Hill, Grange Park and Southgate Green, so minor external works there can need planning permission. Source
- A new Enfield Local Plan is at examination; the inspector issued his post-hearing letter (IN14) in June 2026. Source
- The adopted Core Strategy dates from November 2010 and covered the period 2010 to 2025, so it is due to be replaced by the new Local Plan. Source
- A new selective licensing designation for privately rented homes runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2031 across 17 areas, including Edmonton Green, Ponders End, Palmers Green, Southgate and Town. Source
REPORTS ENFIELD ASKS FOR
Enfield's validation list, report by report.
Which of these your application needs depends on the project and the site. In Enfield, extra reports are triggered most often by a conservation area, near a listed building, scheduled monuments, a listed building, tall buildings, protected species. Enter the address in our application checker to see the list for your site.
| Report | Level | When it is needed | Policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basement Impact Assessment | Required | Required for any new basement, basement extension or other extensive groundworks, including householder schemes.Applies to: basements | LP D10; DMD59, DMD60, DMD62 |
| Biodiversity Net Gain information (BNG Statement, metric, habitat plans) | Required | Major and minor applications must provide BNG information (metric as Excel and PDF, baseline and post-development habitat plans, ecology survey) unless an exemption applies.Applies to: one new home, 2 to 9 homes, major schemes, commercial, changes of use | DMPO 2015 (as amended 2024); BNG Exemptions Regulations 2024 |
| Construction Management Plan (Planning Statement section) | Required | Required for major development and commercial, community or industrial extensions of 250 m2+.Applies to: major schemes, commercial | LP T1-T7; CS CP24-25; DMD45-48 |
| Design and Access Statement | Required | Expected with all non-householder applications; mandatory in a conservation area with 100 m2+ new floorspace or where a listed building, historic park or scheduled monument is affected.Applies to: one new home, 2 to 9 homes, major schemes, commercial, changes of use, basements | DMPO 2015 |
| Energy Assessment | Required | Required for major development, minor schemes creating residential or commercial units, and commercial, community or industrial extensions of 250 m2+.Applies to: one new home, 2 to 9 homes, major schemes, commercial | LP SI1-SI5; CS CP20-22; DMD49-52 |
| Health Impact Assessment (Planning Statement section) | Required | Major residential schemes need HIA screening (10-199 homes); 200+ homes or 10,000 m2+ need detailed screening, and Mayor-referable schemes a full HIA.Applies to: major schemes | LP GG3; CS CP7; HUDU guidance |
| Planning Statement | Required | Required with all relevant non-householder applications and scaled to the scheme; many topic reports (affordable housing, CMP, HIA, UGF etc.) go in it as headed sections.Applies to: one new home, 2 to 9 homes, major schemes, commercial, changes of use, basements | London Plan 2021; CS 2010; DMD 2014 |
| Affordable Housing (Planning Statement section) | Required | Schemes of 10+ homes (or capable of 10+) must set out affordable housing provision.Applies to: major schemes | LP H1-H11; CS CP3; DMD1 |
| Sustainable Drainage Strategy (SuDS proforma) | Required | Required for majors, new residential or commercial buildings, commercial or industrial changes of use, and basement or ground-level extensions (including householder), using the council's SuDS proforma.Applies to: one new home, 2 to 9 homes, major schemes, commercial, changes of use, basements | LP SI12, SI13; CS CP28; DMD59-63 |
| Sustainable Design and Construction Statement (Planning Statement section) | Required | Required for major development, minor schemes creating residential or commercial units, and extensions of 100 m2+.Applies to: one new home, 2 to 9 homes, major schemes, commercial | LP SI1-SI5, SI7, SI13; CS CP10; DMD49 |
| Highway Safety Impact Assessment (proforma) | Required | Minor schemes creating residential or commercial units, changes of use and 250 m2+ non-residential extensions must complete the council's highway safety proforma.Applies to: one new home, 2 to 9 homes, commercial, changes of use | LP T1-T9; CS CP24, CP25; DMD45-48 |
| Transport Assessment (with Healthy Streets, Vision Zero and Travel Plan at 50+ homes) | Required | Required for all major development; schemes of 50+ homes must also add a Healthy Streets assessment, Vision Zero action plan and travel plan.Applies to: major schemes | LP T1-T9; CS CP24, CP25; DMD45-48 |
| Air Quality Assessment | Where relevant | Required for all major development and any scheme with a significant direct or indirect air quality impact.Applies to: major schemes, commercial, changes of use, 2 to 9 homes | LP SI1 |
| Tree Assessment (BS5837) | Where relevant | Required where TPO trees, or trees and hedges in a conservation area (75 mm+ trunk), on site or within 15 m of works would be removed, pruned or affected by basements or groundworks.Applies to: all applications | LP G6, G7; CS CP34, CP36; DMD37, DMD79-81 |
| Archaeological Assessment | Where relevant | Required for basements or extensive groundworks in an Archaeological Priority Area or within 50 m of a scheduled monument, and for majors over 0.5 ha.Applies to: all applications | LP D10, HC1 |
| Structural Method Statement / Survey | Where relevant | Required for substantial structural changes, basements or foundation impacts, and must be self-certified by a chartered engineer.Applies to: basements, major schemes, commercial, changes of use | LP D10 |
| Contaminated Land Assessment | Where relevant | Required on potentially contaminated land such as former landfill, railway, petrol station or industrial sites; at minimum a desk-top preliminary risk assessment.Applies to: one new home, 2 to 9 homes, major schemes, commercial, changes of use | LP SD1, E7; CS CP22, CP32; DMD66 |
| Daylight/Sunlight Assessment | Where relevant | Required for all major development; for other schemes, including householder, only exceptionally where neighbours' light may be harmed.Applies to: all applications | LP D1-D9; CS CP4, CP30; DMD6, DMD8, DMD10 |
| Design and Access Statement (householder) | Where relevant | Householder works need one in a conservation area when adding 100 m2+, or when affecting a listed building, historic park or garden or scheduled monument (or its setting).Applies to: house extensions | DMPO 2015 |
| Biodiversity/Ecology Assessment | Where relevant | Required where development is in or affects designated sites (SPA, SAC, SSSI, SINC, LNR, green corridors) or protected species habitat.Applies to: one new home, 2 to 9 homes, major schemes, commercial, changes of use | LP G1-G9; CS CP36; DMD78, DMD79 |
| Epping Forest SAC Recreation Mitigation Strategy | Where relevant | Any net new homes within the 6.2 km Epping Forest SAC zone of influence must address recreational impact mitigation.Applies to: one new home, 2 to 9 homes, major schemes, changes of use | Habitats Regulations 2017 |
| Financial Viability Assessment | Where relevant | Required for major development where affordable housing is not policy-compliant, for heritage enabling development, or wherever viability is relied on (for example loss of a pub or community facility).Applies to: major schemes, 2 to 9 homes, changes of use | LP H4-H6, H15; CS CP3, CP5; DMD1, DMD4 |
| Fire Statement | Where relevant | Required for relevant buildings: two or more dwellings or educational accommodation in a building 18 m+ tall or 7+ storeys.Applies to: 2 to 9 homes, major schemes, changes of use | DMPO 2015; LP D12 |
| Flood Risk Assessment | Where relevant | Required for new units, new buildings, changes of use, basements or ground-level extensions in Flood Zones 2/3 or surface water flood risk areas, within 8 m of a watercourse, or on sites of 1 ha+ in Zone 1.Applies to: all applications | LP SI12, SI13; CS CP21, CP28, CP29; DMD59-63; Enfield SFRA |
| Heritage Statement | Where relevant | Required where a proposal may affect a heritage asset or its setting, including listed buildings, conservation areas, registered parks and non-designated assets.Applies to: all applications | LP HC1-HC7; CS CP37, CP38; DMD44 |
| Lighting Assessment | Where relevant | Required for external or flood lighting on publicly accessible development, or lighting near homes, heritage assets, protected views or wildlife areas.Applies to: major schemes, commercial, changes of use | LP D8, D9, S5; CS CP32; DMD43, DMD69 |
| Marketing Assessment | Where relevant | Required for loss of pubs, community facilities, Class E or industrial space, usually with evidence of about 24 months' marketing.Applies to: changes of use, commercial, major schemes | LP E1-E11, HC7; CS CP13; DMD19-34 |
| Noise and Ventilation Impact Assessment | Where relevant | Required for noise-sensitive development near noise sources, or for noisy uses and equipment such as flues, plant, air conditioning, extraction or mechanical gates.Applies to: all applications | LP D14; CS CP4, CP30, CP32; DMD8, DMD68 |
| Planning Statement / Green Belt-MOL Assessment | Where relevant | Proposals in or affecting the openness of the Green Belt or Metropolitan Open Land, including householder extensions, must justify the impact.Applies to: all applications | LP G1-G9; CS CP31-33; DMD82-91 |
| Sustainable Drainage Strategy (householder) | Where relevant | Householder basement extensions and ground-level extensions need a completed SuDS proforma.Applies to: house extensions | LP SI12, SI13; CS CP28; DMD45, DMD59-63 |
| Tall Building Statement | Where relevant | Required for buildings over 6 storeys or 18 m to the top floor, including TVIA, verified views, wind study and lighting assessment.Applies to: major schemes, commercial, 2 to 9 homes | LP D3, D9, HC1 |
| Circular Economy Statement and Whole Life-Cycle Carbon Assessment (Planning Statement sections) | Where relevant | Required for schemes referable to the Mayor of London, using the GLA templates.Applies to: major schemes | LP SI2, SI7 |
OUR SERVICES IN ENFIELD
Every report, one coordinated team.
All 54 services are available for sites in Enfield. Prices are starting estimates; we confirm the fee in writing before appointment.
Planning & strategy
Heritage & townscape
Water & ground
Environment & amenity
Ecology & landscape
Energy & sustainability
Transport & viability
Structure, basements & ground
- Structural feasibility notes
- Structural planning statements
- Basement impact assessments
- Basement construction method statements
- Ground movement assessments
- Groundwater & hydrology screening
- Geotechnical desk studies
- Ground investigation reports
- Slope stability assessments
- Retaining wall assessments
- Demolition & construction method statements
- Construction management plans
- Structural reuse & retrofit appraisals
- Structural condition discharge statements
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YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Planning in Enfield: FAQs
Still have a question?
Tell us about the site and we will confirm what Enfield will need and what it should cost.
Make an enquiryWhich reports does Enfield require for a house extension?
Enfield's list adds reports mainly when the site has constraints, such as a conservation area, near a listed building, scheduled monuments, a listed building, tall buildings, protected species. Drawings and the forms are always needed. Our application checker lists the reports for your address.
How up to date is Enfield's validation list?
The list we use is "Local Validation Requirements for planning applications (All Applications Except Householder; and Householder Applications)", dated 28 September 2026. Councils revise their lists, so we confirm the current version before you commission reports.
Do you cover every part of Enfield?
Yes. We work across the whole of Enfield, including the postcode districts EN1, EN2, EN3, EN4, EN8, N9, N11, N13, N14, N18, N21 and areas such as Enfield Town, Edmonton, Palmers Green, Southgate, Winchmore Hill and Ponders End.
Where are you based?
Our office is at Unit D New Wave House, 4 Humber Road, London NW2 6DW, and we work on sites across all 32 London boroughs, the City of London and OPDC.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Planning an application in Enfield?
Tell us about the site and what you want to build. We will tell you which reports Enfield is likely to need and what they should cost.
Call 020 8004 4464 or email info@greencodeconsultants.com.