Flat conversion drawings in Haringey

Haringey's planning record for small schemes

In the latest twelve months Haringey decided 617 minor applications, granted 82.2 per cent, and decided 89.5 per cent on time. That is a healthy, predictable record once a scheme passes the size test.

The housing stock helps. 38.9 per cent of households live in a house, a terraced house averages about £803,381 and a flat about £473,036. Detached homes average about £2,460,369, which is where bigger conversions start to make arithmetic sense.

Article 4, HMOs and heritage in Haringey

Haringey has an Article 4 direction for HMOs, and publishes 25 Article 4 directions in all, as well as 33 conservation areas and 289 listed entries. If you are choosing between flats and let rooms, the two routes face different rules, and we price both.

There is also a local guide for one neighbourhood, the House extensions in South Tottenham SPD (revised), which is worth reading if your house is near the eastern border. The architectural drawings in Haringey page has the wider list.

Levy, fee and drawing set

Haringey's borough levy varies by zone: £443.52/m² (Western zone); £276.16/m² (Central zone); £60.24/m² (Eastern zone) The Mayor's levy is band 2, indexed to £72.73 per square metre. The council fee is £610 per dwelling.

Our set includes plans, elevations, sections, a block plan and area schedule, checked by a second chartered technologist. For a house of mixed use, see HMO conversion drawings in Haringey.

Proving the threshold: measuring a Haringey house

Because the rule is a number, the measured survey is the key document. We measure every internal room, add the areas and report the gross original internal floor space on a dimensioned plan. Rear extensions, loft rooms and other additions made over the years are excluded, so we establish what was original, using historic maps and neighbouring houses when the evidence is thin.

That is where a lawful development certificate can help. With 396 certificate applications in its latest year, the council is used to owners proving what is lawful, and a certificate can settle the history of an unusual house. See lawful development certificate drawings in Haringey for that route.

If the house falls short, the alternatives are real. A smaller house can be improved through an extension rather than split. The borough's householder decisions were granted at 90.3 per cent, well above the minor rate, so extension drawings, which we cover on the planning drawings in Haringey page, are often the better first step.

Parking survey and zone checks in Haringey

The parking survey required inside the Protection Zone is a piece of fieldwork, not a drawing, but it belongs in the same package. It records on-street spaces and occupancy at set times, and the council reads it alongside the plans. We brief you on what to collect, check the output and attach it to the submission.

The zone boundary is the first thing to check. A house on one side of a street can be inside it while its neighbour is outside, so we overlay the address on the council map during the free constraints check. That answer decides which limbs of the policy apply, and whether the family-sized unit must be kept.