Winchmore Hill is characterised by edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached, concentrated across N21 in the
Winchmore Hill area. On Winchmore Hill streets the edwardian villas sets the structural grammar for everything that follows. For a typical Winchmore Hill house, edwardian plots here are wider, so a wraparound picking up both the side return and the rear is normally achievable within the 4 m detached / 3 m attached limits. On Enfield stock it changes the party wall position. Because the Winchmore Hill streetscape near Winchmore Hill Green is consistent, departures in ridge height read immediately in an officer report.
Going down in Winchmore Hill is assessed on ordinary grounds — N21 ground conditions and drainage do more to shape the scheme than policy does. If a Winchmore Hill project extends into architectural drawings for N21 properties or planning permission, the survey is already done.
What the Winchmore Hill drawing pack contains
- existing and proposed ground-floor plans for the Winchmore Hill property
- proposed rear elevation
- long section through the extension
- site and block plans
- party wall position drawing
Streets and landmarks we survey around Winchmore Hill
- Wood Green — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Enfield Council measures a Wood Green dormer against.
- Bush Hill Park — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Bush Hill Park plot.
- Grovelands Park — front-to-back level changes that drive the Grovelands Park section drawings.
- Palmers Green — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Palmers Green extension goes.
- Winchmore Hill Green — schemes visible from it get closer scrutiny in Enfield.
- Winchmore School — proposals within its setting are drawn with the context elevation included.
- Ashmole Academy — proposals within its setting are drawn with the context elevation included.
- Grange Park Preparatory School — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Winchmore Hill context elevation.
- Palmers Green High School — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Winchmore Hill context elevation.
Getting to a Winchmore Hill survey
Surveyors travel to N21 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are
File:Winchmore Hill Station (2).jpg, Hertford North, Winchmore Hill, Finsbury Park station. Appointments are booked in Winchmore Hill on weekdays and Saturdays,
and the measured survey of a standard edwardian villas takes two to three hours.
Where Winchmore Hill sits
Winchmore Hill lies 8.9 miles (14.3 km) northeast of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ315945, inside the Edmonton and Winchmore Hill parliamentary constituency. We draw the Winchmore Hill location and block plans from that reference, which is what Enfield Council validates against. Source.
Practical detail for a Winchmore Hill submission: we reach Winchmore Hill sites via File:Winchmore Hill Station (2).jpg and Hertford North and Winchmore Hill and Finsbury Park station; the postal town here is LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Enfield Council holds it.
Winchmore Hill postcode coverage
Districts covered around Winchmore Hill: N21 (Winchmore Hill), which Winchmore Hill holds on its own.
Streets and stations in Winchmore Hill
In Winchmore Hill that is Wood Green, Bush Hill Park, Grovelands Park and Palmers Green and the roads off them. most Winchmore Hill sites are within walking distance of File:Winchmore Hill Station (2).jpg or Hertford North or Winchmore Hill.
Areas we cover around Winchmore Hill
Neighbouring coverage runs to Barnet (EN5), Crouch End (N8), Muswell Hill (Haringey) (N10), Highgate (Haringey) (N6), Harringay (N4, N8), Tottenham (N15, N17); the Enfield policy is shared but the stock and the designations are not.
