Planning permission in Enfield
Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Enfield. The rules are stricter in its 24 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.
Enfield at a glance
- Conservation areas
- 24
- Article 4 areas
- 33
- Protected landscapes
- None
- Planning decisions
- London Borough of Enfield
How many conservation areas are there in Enfield?
Enfield has 24 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.
- ABBOTSHALL AVENUE
- BUSH HILL PARK
- CHURCH STREET, EDMONTON
- CLAY HILL
- ENFIELD LOCK
- ENFIELD TOWN
- FORE STREET ANGEL
- FORE STREET NORTH
- FORE STREET SOUTH
- FORTY HILL
- GRANGE PARK
- HADLEY WOOD
- HIGHLANDS
- LAKES ESTATE
- MEADWAY
- MONTAGU CEMETERIES
- PONDERS END FLOUR MILLS
- SOUTHGATE CIRCUS
- SOUTHGATE GREEN
- THE CRESCENT
- TRENT PARK
- TURKEY STREET
- VICARS MOOR LANE
- WINCHMORE HILL GREEN
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Does Enfield have Article 4 directions?
Enfield has published 33 Article 4 areas. Inside them, some permitted development rights are removed, so work that would normally be allowed needs planning permission.
33 of the published areas don't say which rights they remove. Our checker tells people at those addresses to check with the council.
What is an Article 4 direction?
Is any of Enfield in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?
- There is green belt in or bordering Enfield. Householder permitted development rights apply as normal in the green belt, but if you need planning permission, green belt policy limits how much a home can be enlarged.
Listed buildings and protected trees in Enfield
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Enfield doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.
Enfield doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.
What planning data does Enfield publish?
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 24 |
| Article 4 direction boundaries | Published | 33 |
| Listed building outlines | Not published | 0 |
| Tree preservation order areas | Not published | 0 |
| Protected trees | Not published | 0 |
Planning work on a home in Enfield? Put a pin on your house and we'll check it against all of this.
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Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by London Borough of Enfield and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. London Borough of Enfield website.