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Policy.

The policies that actually decide outcomes in Enfield — how often each is cited in the officers' own reports, where it bites hardest, and who leans on it. The plan text is the rule; this is the behaviour.

15,920 citations3,094 reports parsedEnfield Local Plan (adopted)
Enfield · policy map
Where policy is quoted most — by ward
Fewer ~0
More citations ~225
At a glance
15,920[1]
Total citations
across 3,094 officer reports
78%[1]
Citations on refusals
borough baseline — see the In refusals column
Enfield Local Plan[1]
Development plan
most-cited framework in reports
CIL (residential)
schedule not yet sourced
5-year land supply
position statement not yet sourced
Citations by policy — what gets invoked 🔒click a policy — reshapes the map
CP30 · MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE BUILT AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT All developments and interventions in the public realm must be high quality and design-l
1,860
DMD37
1,394
DMD8
1,200
CP28 · MANAGING FLOOD RISK THROUGH DEVELOPMENT The Council will take a risk-based approach to development and flood risk, directing development
835
DMD6
801
CP4 · HOUSING QUALITY New housing
564
CP21 · DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
549
DMD11
510
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What kind of ground gets cited[1]
Housing delivery5%
Design & heritage13%
Amenity1%
Highways & transport6%
Sustainability8%
Other grounds67%

Grounds classified from each policy's own cited title. Click a slice — reshapes the map.

The policies that decide outcomes — Enfield

Every plan policy recurring in Enfield officer reports, ranked by how often it's cited. Click a policy for its full record — and the officer who leans on it most.

PolicyCitationsIn refusalsAppeal survivalCites it most
DMD371,39494% · 1.2×77%subscriber data
DMD81,20091% · 1.2×80%subscriber data
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Citation counts from Enfield officer reports.[1] “In refusals” = share of a policy's citations that sit on refusals; × = that share against the borough average (needs 20+ citations). Appeal survival = of PINS appeal decisions citing the policy, the share dismissed (refusal held); a rate needs 5+ decisive appeals, fewer show the count. Methodology →

The borough framework

The development-plan documents Enfield officers actually cite, counted across parsed reports. CIL and land-supply figures aren't sourced yet and are shown as pending, not estimated.

Most cited
Enfield Local Plan (adopted)
6,006 report mentions
#2
Local guidance / SPD
9,914 report mentions
The hierarchy
National — NPPFpage pending
Strategic — London Planpage pending
Local — Enfield plan
What wins here — approval rate by application type[2]

Bar = volume · figure = approval rate, across Enfield's substantive decisions.

Full / major planning
70%
Householder
75%
Conditions & amendments
81%
Lawful development
85%
Prior approval
57%
Listed building
76%
Grounds for refusal at committee[3]

Why the planning committee refuses applications, from 23 refusals in the loaded minutes. Committee refusals are relatively few — most decisions are settled by officers.

Design Character
15
Policy Conflict
10
Amenity
7
Heritage Conservation
5
Land Use
4
Transport Highway
3
Overdevelopment
3
Housing Policy
3
Policies cited on refusal — borough-wide[4]

The policies most often cited on Enfield refusal notices — the official refusal side of the citation record above.

NPPF2,691×
CP30 of the Enfield Core Strategy (2010)457×
CP30 of the Core Strategy (2010)300×
D3 and D4 of the London Plan (2021)268×
CP4 and CP30 of the Core Strategy (2010)260×
DMD59, DMD60, DMD61, DMD62 of the Enfield Development Management Document (2014)204×
D4 of the London Plan (2021)198×
SI 12 and SI 13 of the London Plan (2021)194×
CP4 and CP30 of the Enfield Core Strategy (2010)174×
D3 of the London Plan (2021)160×

2,092 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Enfield.

Sources & method
  1. [1]Policy citations, per-policy officer counts and ward citation counts — parsed from 3,200 published Enfield officer reports (delegated and committee), joined to the canonical application record for wards. Approvals included — refusal notices alone only show the refusal side.
  2. [2]Approval rate by application type — Enfield's substantive decision record. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee refusal grounds and committee-cited policies — published Enfield planning-committee minutes. · committee record
  4. [4]Borough-wide refusal-notice policy citations — decision-notice parsing (high-confidence notices only).
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.