25/03774/FUL

The proposed development constitutes a sub-standard form of accommodation for the newly subdivided 2-bedroom house by virtue of poor outlook, inadequate daylight and sunlight, insufficient floor-to-ceiling heights, and a lack of access to private amenity space. The retained 5-bedroom dwellinghouse, also fails to achieve a sufficient internal floor-to-ceiling height. Furthermore, based on its siting, the proposed use of the front forecourt of the site as a private amenity area would give rise to harmful overlooking of the ground floor front habitable room windows of the retained 5-bedroom dwellinghouse, unduly restricting privacy afforded to occupants of this property. The public benefit of providing an additional residential unit does not outweigh the harm outlined above. The development would thereby be contrary to policies D3, D5 and D6 of the London Plan (2021) policies CP2 and CP4 of the Core Strategy (2010), Policies DMD 5, DMD 8 and DMD 9 of the Development Management Document (2014), the London Plan Housing SPG (2016), the London Plan Housing Design Standards LPG (2023), the Technical housing standards - NDSS (2015), and the NPPF (2024)

The proposed development, by reason of its uncharacteristic use of the front forecourt as a primary outdoor amenity area, and uncharacteristic vertical subdivision of the front forecourt of the property through the provision of a new brick wall between the two dwellinghouses would serve to prominently formalise the subdivision of the original dwellinghouse resulting in an incongruous and unsympathetic form of development which would appear unduly at odds with the established pattern of front forecourts within the locality. The public benefit of providing an additional residential unit does not outweigh the harm outlined above. The development would thereby be contrary to Policies D3 of the London Plan (2021), Policy CP30 of the Core Strategy (2010), Policy DMD 37 of the Development Management Document (2014) as well as the aims and intentions outlined within the NPPF (2024). Dated: 5 January 2026 Authorised on behalf of: Karen Page Head of Planning and Building Control Housing, Regeneration and Development Department Enfield Council PO Box 53, Civic Centre Silver Street, Enfield EN1 3XE If you have any questions about this decision, please contact the planning officer akshay.sisodia@enfield.gov.uk. List of plans and documents referred to in this Notice: Title/Number Version TYPE 210313B/BLK/REVA Drawing 210313B/LOC/REVA Drawing 210313B/LSP Drawing 210313B/E/1 Drawing 210313B/E/2 Drawing 210313B/E/3 Drawing 210313B/E/4 Drawing 210313B/P/1/REVA Drawing 210313B/P/2 Drawing 210313B/P/3 Drawing 210313B/P/4 Drawing Design and Access Statement Supporting Information Highway Safety Impact Form Supporting Information Energy Statement Supporting Information Additional Information 1 To assist applicants, the Local Planning Authority has produced policies and guidance which are available on the Council's website and offers a pre-planning application advice service. The proposal does not comply with policy and Officers would therefore encourage applicants to fully consider all relevant planning policies and engage with the department's pre-application service prior to any future submission. Further information on this service can be found on the Council's website: https://www.enfield.gov.uk/services/planning/planning-pre-application-advice-service APPEAL GUIDANCE: Should you (an applicant or agent) feel aggrieved by the decision of the Council to either refuse permission or to grant permission subject to conditions, you can