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LondonConservation areas in London Borough of Enfield
24 conservation areas and 33 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Abbotshall Avenue
Designated 2015 · ref. CA23
Rules & recordBush Hill Park
Designated 2015 · ref. CA16
Rules & recordChurch Street, Edmonton
Designated 2016 · ref. CA07
Rules & recordClay Hill
Designated 2015 · ref. CA06
Rules & recordEnfield Lock
Designated 2015 · ref. CA04
Rules & recordEnfield Town
Designated 2015 · ref. CA01
Rules & recordFore Street Angel
Designated 2016 · ref. CA13
Rules & recordFore Street North
Designated 2016 · ref. CA14
Rules & recordFore Street South
Designated 2016 · ref. CA15
Rules & recordForty Hill
Designated 2015 · ref. CA02
Rules & recordGrange Park
Designated 2015 · ref. CA19
Rules & recordHadley Wood
Designated 2015 · ref. CA11
Rules & recordHighlands
Designated 2015 · ref. CA08
Rules & recordLakes Estate
Designated 2015 · ref. CA31
Rules & recordMeadway
Designated 2015 · ref. CA22
Rules & recordMontagu Cemeteries
Designated 2016 · ref. CA05
Rules & recordPonders End Flour Mills
Designated 2015 · ref. CA03
Rules & recordSouthgate Circus
Designated 2015 · ref. CA20
Rules & recordSouthgate Green
Designated 2015 · ref. CA17
Rules & recordThe Crescent
Designated 2015 · ref. CA21
Rules & recordTrent Park
Designated 2015 · ref. CA18
Rules & recordTurkey Street
Designated 2015 · ref. CA12
Rules & recordVicars Moor Lane
Designated 2015 · ref. CA10
Rules & recordWinchmore Hill Green
Designated 2015 · ref. CA09
Rules & recordWhat a conservation area changes
Extensions
Side extensions, and rear extensions of more than one storey, are not permitted development — they need planning permission. Single-storey rear extensions keep their normal limits, but the Larger Home Extension prior-approval route is not available.
Lofts and roofs
Roof extensions such as dormers are not permitted development. Rooflights are usually fine if they don't project more than 15 cm.
Cladding
Cladding the outside of a house in stone, artificial stone, pebble dash, render, timber, plastic or tiles needs planning permission.
Outbuildings
Garden rooms, sheds and other outbuildings to the side of the house need planning permission.
Demolition
Demolishing a building larger than 115 m³ needs planning permission. Taking down a wall, gate or fence over 1 m high next to a road (or 2 m elsewhere) also needs permission.
Trees
You must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting down or pruning most trees (trunk over 7.5 cm across at 1.5 m high), even if they are not protected by a tree preservation order.
Article 4 directions
Councils can remove more permitted development rights — for example for windows, doors, porches or front boundaries — with an Article 4 direction. Check the council's list below.
Article 4 directions in London Borough of Enfield
These remove some permitted development rights in the areas they cover — check whether one applies to your property before you rely on permitted development.
- Abbotshall Avenue
- Borough wide
- Bush Hill Park
- Clay Hill - Area A
- Clay Hill - Area B
- Clay Hill Extension
- Crews Hill Nurseries
- Culver Nursery, Cattlegate
- Enfield Lock
- Enfield Lock Extension
- Enfield Town
- Enfield Town Centre
- Forty Hill
- Forty Hill Extension
- Government Row
- Government Row
- Government Row
- Government Row
- Grange Park
- Guy Lodge Farm -Whitewebb
- Hadley Wood
- Kingswood - Clay Hill
- Meadway
- Pretoria Road North
- Sloemans Farm - Whitewebb
- Southgate Green
- Southgate Green Extension
- The Crescent
- The Lakes Estate
- Trent Park
- Turkey Street
- Vicars Moor Lane
- Winchmore Hill
Conservation area and Article 4 data: planning.data.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always confirm boundaries and rules with the council before starting work. General information, not legal advice.