Ward · London Borough of Enfield
Winchmore.
Winchmore sees an approval rate of 80% — 7 points above the Enfield average across 269 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 19.9%.[1]
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Winchmore · Enfield
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269
Applications 2022–26
Decided applications
80%
Approval rate
7pp above borough avg (73%)
19.9%
Refusal rate
28th highest of 32
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Enfield planning records and committee minutes, 2022–26.
Ward overview
Winchmore recorded 269 substantive planning decisions over 2022–26, approving 80% of them — 7 percentage points above the Enfield borough average of 73%. Its refusal rate of 19.9% is 28th 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, 2022–26. · 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.