Ward · London Borough of Enfield
Southgate.
Southgate sees an approval rate of 75% — 2 points above the Enfield average across 725 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 24.9%.[1]
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Southgate · Enfield
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725
Applications 2020–26
Decided applications
75%
Approval rate
2pp above borough avg (73%)
24.9%
Refusal rate
20th highest of 32
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Enfield planning records and committee minutes, 2020–26.
Ward overview
Southgate recorded 725 substantive planning decisions over 2020–26, approving 75% of them — 2 percentage points above the Enfield borough average of 73%. Its refusal rate of 24.9% is 20th highest of 32.
Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Committee members for this ward
Councillor
Party
Role
Interventions
Success rate
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Interventions: formal calls to bring an application before committee. Success rate: percentage where the committee sided with the councillor against officer recommendation.
Sources & method
- [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Enfield planning register and published decision notices, 2020–26. · methodology
- [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
- [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
- [4]Application-type mix and refusal grounds — case-officer reports coded against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.