Lawful Development Certificate in Enfield from £575
Southgate, Palmers Green, Enfield Town and Edmonton: Enfield’s fast track covers extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and Grange Park has lost its roof rights.
£575 £425 drawings + £150 survey (£575 total), no VAT to add
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The short answer
Enfield’s Fast Track Decision Service covers lawful development certificates for Classes A, B, C, D and E: extensions, roof alterations, porches and outbuildings. It costs £210 plus VAT, £252 in total. You email the planning support team first and pay nothing until the council has checked eligibility within 5 working days. A decision follows within 15 working days of payment or validation, whichever is later, with no guarantee of the outcome. Our fee is £425 drawings + £150 survey (£575 total), no VAT to add; the council’s fees are separate.
Permitted development drawings and Lawful Development Certificate
from £575
- Drawings
- £425
- Measured survey
- £150
- Total you pay
- £575
- VAT
- None to add
- A measured survey of the house, so the drawings show your property and not a template
- Existing and proposed plans and elevations drawn to show each permitted development limit being met
- A check of your address for Enfield Town, Grange Park and the other Article 4 areas, before you apply
- The fast track request email, with the Planning Portal reference the council asks for
- The application submitted for you, with answers to the officer
£425 drawings + £150 survey (£575 total). A starting fee: we confirm one fixed figure after checking your address. The council’s own fee, where there is one, is paid to the council.
Get my fixed feeHow an Enfield certificate runs
Rights check
We check the conservation areas and Article 4 directions against your address.
Survey
We measure depths, heights and distances to the boundaries.
Drawings to the rules
Each sheet states the limit it tests.
Apply
We submit, then email for the fast track if you want it, and pay only once the council agrees.
How Enfield’s fast track works
The council asks for your name, contact details, site address and Planning Portal reference by email, and tells you not to pay yet. It assesses within 5 working days whether the application meets the requirements, then asks for payment. The service does not guarantee the outcome, and the council may refuse a request depending on resources and availability.
The £252 total sits on top of the national fee. For example, a Southgate owner whose roof contractor is booked for early December can ask for it once the application is on the portal, and know the answer in about three weeks.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Enfield has 22 conservation areas, some with Article 4 directions that withdraw permitted development. The 2008 Article 4(2) direction for parts of Grange Park, Meadway and The Crescent withdraws the right to alter a roof slope facing a highway or open space, and an Article 4(1) direction for Enfield Town, in force from 8 January 2018, replaced earlier ones there.
A certificate cannot be granted for work whose right has been removed, so we check your address first and move you to a householder application when that is what the house needs. Enfield’s CIL was set in 2016 at £120 a square metre in most of the borough, £60 in Enfield Town and the south and £40 in the eastern corridor, on 100 square metres or more of new floor space, so a typical certificate project is outside it. Enfield’s validation requirements allow 21 days to supply missing information before an invalid application is withdrawn.
Rear extension drawings in Enfield · Loft conversion drawings in Enfield
Certificates in Enfield in numbers
851 of 920
Householder decisions by Enfield Council between July 2025 and June 2026 (prior approvals left out) that were made inside 8 weeks.
Source: MHCLG live table PS2, district planning application statistics, July 2025 to June 2026 (GOV.UK)
£252
Total cost of Enfield’s Fast Track Decision Service: £210 plus VAT, on top of the national application fee.
15 days
Working days from payment or validation, whichever is later, in which Enfield issues a fast track decision.
5 days
Working days in which Enfield checks that a request qualifies, before asking for payment.
Classes A to E
The permitted development classes the fast track certificate service covers.
22
Conservation areas in Enfield, some with Article 4 directions that withdraw permitted development rights.
2008
Article 4(2) direction for parts of Grange Park, Meadway and The Crescent, which withdraws the right to alter a roof slope facing a highway or open space.
Source: Enfield Borough Conservation Areas Article 4(2) Direction 2008 (Enfield Council)
2017
Year of the Article 4(1) direction for Enfield Town, in force from 8 January 2018, replacing earlier directions there.
Source: Article 4 Directions in conservation areas (Enfield Council)
21 days
Time allowed to supply missing information before an invalid application is withdrawn.
Source: Local Validation Requirements, Householder Applications, 6 November 2023 (Enfield Council)
Questions about certificates in Enfield
What does the Enfield fast track cost?
£210 plus VAT, £252 in total, paid only after the council confirms the request qualifies.
How quickly is a decision made?
Within 15 working days of payment or validation, whichever is later. It does not guarantee the outcome.
Can I get a certificate in Grange Park?
Not for roof slope alterations facing a highway or open space; the 2008 direction withdrew that right.
Do I still need building regulations?
Yes. A certificate covers planning law only.
Put it in writing before you build in Enfield
Send the address and what you plan. We reply with whether it fits permitted development and a fixed fee, from £425 drawings + £150 survey (£575 total).