Ward · London Borough of Enfield
Enfield Lock.
Enfield Lock sees an approval rate of 68% — 4 points below the Enfield average across 512 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 31.6%.[1]
Enfield512 applications
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ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
512
Applications 2016–26
Decided applications
68%
Approval rate
4pp below borough avg (73%)
31.6%
Refusal rate
12th highest of 32
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Enfield planning records and committee minutes, 2016–26.
Ward overview
Enfield Lock recorded 512 substantive planning decisions over 2016–26, approving 68% of them — 4 percentage points below the Enfield borough average of 73%. Its refusal rate of 31.6% is 12th 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, 2016–26. · 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.