Haringey

Local plan

Haringey’s adopted borough framework includes the Strategic Policies as altered in 2017, Development Management DPD, Site Allocations DPD and Tottenham Area Action Plan, adopted by Full Council on 24 July 2017, with the specified modifications and clerical corrections. [1]

For home projects, relevant references include DM12 for housing design and extensions, DM16 for conversions, DM17 for HMOs and DM18 for basements; these are policy references, not a complete site-specific assessment. [2][15]

The council’s July 2026 report records the replacement-plan consultation from 10 October to 19 December 2025 and targets the next, Regulation 19 stage for autumn 2026, ahead of submission for examination by 31 December 2026. [5]

Check the current policies map and actual replacement-plan milestones: programme dates are not adoption dates. National policy DM4 requires the weight given to emerging policies to reflect their stage, unresolved objections and consistency with national plan-making policy. [7]

Householder design guide

Use the adopted design policies rather than treating SPG1a: Design Guidance as current: the July 2017 adoption schedule expressly records its replacement by the Development Management DPD. [1][3]

The adopted main modifications to DM12 also require residential extensions to have regard to relevant supplementary planning documents, including the South Tottenham House Extensions SPD, where appropriate. [1][4]

The revised House Extensions in South Tottenham SPD was adopted in October 2013. Its guidance applies to the area mapped in the document, rather than the whole borough; check the property against that map and use the complete design guidance when preparing an extension. [23]

Before fixing a design, obtain the applicable guide and map from the council and check the property’s heritage controls separately; an area-specific guide should not be treated as a borough-wide permission to build. [4][9]

Validation list

Obtain Haringey's current validation checklist for your application type and agree which site-specific reports apply before submission.

The NPPF published on 17 August 2026 says in DM2 that additional local information requirements need a development-plan policy requiring the specific assessment and must be proportionate to the proposal, rather than imposed identically on every application. [6][7]

For biodiversity net gain, householder applications remain exempt and, from 6 August 2026, sites of 0.2 hectares or less within the red-line boundary are exempt unless the development would affect priority habitat on that site. [8]

The separate self-build and custom-build exemption no longer applies to new applications made on or after 6 August 2026, although the guidance preserves transitional treatment for earlier applications; do not rely on an older checklist’s self-build exemption without checking the application date and current guidance. [8]

Article 4 directions

Do not assume that Haringey’s HMO direction covers the whole borough: the 2017 Development Management DPD describes a direction introduced in November 2013 for the mapped eastern part, affecting changes from a dwellinghouse, Class C3, to a small HMO, Class C4. [2]

That dated policy account does not establish the complete current coverage, exact operative wording or any later variations, so check the sealed direction, its map and confirmation record before relying on permitted development.

Heritage Article 4 directions are separate controls which can restrict alterations such as window and door replacement, and their scope depends on the particular direction. [9]

Check Haringey's current Article 4 instruments and maps for heritage, HMOs and commercial-to-residential changes. A missing document should not be treated as evidence that an address is outside a direction or that restrictions have expired.

Conservation areas

Check the exact conservation-area boundary and the area’s appraisal and management guidance before designing external alterations; the council can confirm the designation and any additional controls. [9]

A historic council map supplied in February 2015 identifies areas including Highgate, Muswell Hill, Crouch End, Noel Park and Tower Gardens, but current designations and boundaries must be checked on the council’s latest records. [10]

The adopted modifications to local heritage policy DM9 establish the principle of conserving and enhancing the significance of heritage assets and their settings. [1][4]

Obtain Haringey's current appraisal, designation notice and map for the property rather than assuming that an adjoining road or a similarly styled house has the same controls. [9]

Basement policy

Haringey has a specific basement policy, DM18: its assessment covers structural stability, flood risk, neighbours’ amenity, local character and the natural and historic environment, as the council explains in its March 2023 Cross House report. [11]

The adopted policy’s lightwell test considers loss of more than 50% of the front garden or amenity area; this is not a general permission to excavate half of every garden or a universal basement-footprint limit. [2]

The Cross House report demonstrates a Basement Impact Assessment being submitted and reviewed, with construction management addressed separately, but that case does not establish one identical report package or condition for every domestic basement. [11]

The current detailed BIA guidance, screening and independent-review requirements still need confirmation, and the 2026/27 tariff leaves the BIA-review charge blank—not zero—so obtain a specific scope and quotation rather than assuming the separate basement-advice fee includes that review. [13]

CIL rates

Allow for separate borough and Mayoral CIL assessments: the GLA’s 2026 ordinary Mayoral CIL2 rate for Haringey is £72.73/m², in Band 2, not a combined local-and-Mayoral charge or a calculated project liability. [17][18]

The council’s June 2022 briefing records a revised borough schedule approved on 14 March 2022, taking effect on 1 September 2022, with western, central and eastern charging zones; the figures in that historic report are not presented as 2026 rates. [17]

Obtain Haringey's complete 2026 indexed borough table and operative charging-zone map before calculating the local charge; an older schedule is not a reliable basis for a combined bill.

Proposed temporary London CIL relief was the subject of a July 2026 consultation. Check the final implementing regulations, eligibility and commencement before deducting a proposed discount. [19]

Pre-application advice

Haringey approved its 2026/27 non-statutory fees on 9 December 2025, with effect from 1 April 2026 unless otherwise stated; read the published schedule alongside that approval resolution and any subsequent fee changes. [12]

It lists £415 for householder advice, £260 for householder express written advice and a £200 pre-application on-site fee, all excluding VAT. [13]

It also lists £1,050 for one new residential unit, £775 for conversion to two or three flats or an HMO, and £710 for basement advice, again excluding VAT. [13]

Confirm the applicable category, included advice, VAT-inclusive payment and any in-year change before booking. The resolution permits later fee changes, and the separate BIA-review row has no stated price; obtain a quotation rather than assuming that the review is free. [12][13]

Building control

Haringey’s planning notice dated 22 January 2026 publishes building.control@haringey.gov.uk and 020 8489 5504 for its building-control team; confirm the current contact details through the council’s building-control service before submitting. [15]

The 2026/27 building-control tariff was approved for 1 April 2026, but its extension and loft rows do not clearly establish VAT treatment or the complete service scope, so request a project quotation rather than treating those headline figures as verified all-inclusive prices. [12][14]

For work outside the higher-risk-building regime, the building-control route may be the council or a registered building control approver; higher-risk-building work uses the Building Safety Regulator route, and planning permission is a separate approval. [15][16]

Before submission, confirm the current application portal, charges and inspection-booking arrangements with the service. Energy and ventilation changes have separate commencement and transitional dates, described below. [21]

The 2026 Future Homes and Buildings Standards regulations generally commence on 24 March 2027. Specified provisions for higher-risk building work and work to existing higher-risk buildings commence on 24 September 2027, with separate transitional arrangements. Confirm the provisions, application and start dates applicable to the project; the new-home standard is not a blanket requirement to retrofit an existing home. [21]