Decision times · London
How long planning decisions take in Enfield
58 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Enfield took 58 days from submission to decision — 2 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,167 decisions where the council published both dates.
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Not ranked yet: our records do not yet pass the historical coverage, monthly continuity, missing-date and refresh checks for this window. The figure above is still what the published dates say; it is left out of the league table so it cannot distort the ranking. See the methodology.
How Enfield compares
Year to December 2026
Enfield takes longer than the country as a whole: 1 day above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 48%.
The average here is 65 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 99 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 564 48%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 453 39%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 150 13%
By type of application
Year to December 2026 · types with at least ten decisions
The headline median mixes every kind of application together. A householder extension and an outline application for a housing site are not the same job, and the difference between them is usually larger than the difference between two councils.
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Trees 57 decided 36 days
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Prior approval 67 decided 38 days
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Lawful development 113 decided 50 days
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Conditions 92 decided 56 days
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Advertising 20 decided 63 days
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Amendments 45 decided 63 days
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Householder 179 decided 68 days
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Full applications 306 decided 70 days
What Enfield decides
Year to December 2026
Enfield issued 1,167 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 74% were approvals: 844 granted against 290 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes sit outside that percentage rather than being counted as either.
Speed and approval rate are separate things. A council that refuses quickly is not doing the same job as one that negotiates an approval slowly, and neither figure alone says which served the applicant better.
Common questions
How long does a planning decision take in Enfield?
The median planning application decided by Enfield in the year to December 2026 took 58 days from submission to decision, 2 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 1,167 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Enfield meet the eight week target?
48% of the 1,167 decisions Enfield made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 87% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 99 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Enfield faster or slower than average?
Enfield is slower than average: its median of 58 days is 1 day above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Enfield approve?
74% of the clear-cut outcomes Enfield issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 844 granted against 290 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Enfield planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 58 days from application to decision (2 days beyond the eight week target), across 1,167 decisions with both dates published. 48% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 87% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 99 days. 74% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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