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How to Make a Planning Application

Planning Application Validation Changes

All drawings submitted with planning applications need to have a scale bar, in addition to this all proposed plans/elevations require dimensions.

The reason for this change is to ensure that the Planning Officer can measure plans on screen to the correct scale bar.

This change took effect on 31 January 2013 and any plans submitted after this date which do not include the scale bar and/or dimensions will result in your planning application being held in abeyance until we have received as above.

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Basement applications

If the planning application entails the excavation or development of a basement, we require a Hydrological Statement.

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Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

The Mayor of London's Community Infrastructure Levy came into force on 1 April 2012. This levy allows the Mayor and Local Authorities to fund infrastructure by charging on new development. Please note that this charge may affect some applications submitted before this date. For more information please see the Community Infrastructure Levy page.

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Guidance on making an application

There are comprehensive guidance notes available for each application type on our Forms and Fees page. These guidance notes will help you with each section of the application form, whether applying online via the Planning Portal or by hand.

The guidance notes will also inform you of what National Planning Application and Local Information Requirements may need to be submitted with your application, these are the extra documents that you may need to submit in order for your application to be valid.

Please ensure you read the guidance notes that accompany your application form carefully before submitting your application.

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Getting further help on making your application

There are numerous ways in which you can obtain further help on making an application either from the council or external sources.

There is a wide range of advice on making planning applications available in this section of the website. In addition to this we offer pre-application advice services. Householders and applicants for proposals of less than two units can obtain advice on making an application from the duty planning officer advice service.

You may speak to a planning officer face to face, at our offices on Level 6 of River Park House, without an appointment on Tuesday and Thursday from 2 - 4pm. Alternatively you can speak to a planning officer on the telephone between 2 - 5pm (Monday - Friday).

Any calls made from 9am to 2pm will be linked directly to the planning officer's voicemail and you will have the option to leave a message if you wish. Please see Contact Planning for details of how to contact us.

For applications of two units or more and particularly for larger and more complex applications, we provide a more formal appointment based pre-application service. For more information about this service please see the pre-application planning advice service page.

Your application will be assessed against Government policies and against Haringey Council's own policy and standards. The latter can be viewed in the Unitary Development Plan (UDP) and Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) sections. The Planning Policy and Projects pages offers more information on government policies and how they relate to making a planning application.

We are unable to provide drawings of potential schemes or make applications on behalf of an applicant but many applicants use agents or architects to assist with this. Whilst we do not recommend particular agents or architects, professional bodies such as the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Planning Resource which can be found in the external links section below have lists available via their websites.

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Apply online

We welcome your planning applications online through an E-Government initiative called the Planning Portal (external link). The Planning Portal also provides comprehensive information on planning issues and a facility to submit appeals 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The guidance notes to accompany each application are available to download from the Forms and Fees page.

We have produced a handy checklist offering advice on what to take into consideration when making an online application. Please see the attached files section below for a checklist of things to do which will help us to process your application quicker.

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Apply by hand

To submit your application manually please download the appropriate form and accompanying guidance note from the Forms and Fees page. On this page you can also check the correct fee for your application.

You can submit an application by post or in person** to the:

Planning and Regeneration Service
Level 6
River Park House
Wood Green
N22 8HQ

Fax 020 8489 5220

**If you want to deliver your application in person to us please do so during office hours as the building does not have a post box for you to deliver to outside these hours. The building opening hours are 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday.

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Making Minor Amendments to a planning application

Amendments to planning applications and planning permissions are not uncommon and arise for a number of reasons. In the case of the former, amendments can help to deliver better overall developments or achieve approvals where development would otherwise be refused or may simply be corrections to the information provided as part of the planning application. Post decision changes may result from a need to change the proposals as part of the building regulations process or to accommodate hitherto unforeseen circumstances once construction or operations commence.

For Government guidance on Minor Amendments please click on the document in the attached files section below called Greater Flexibility for Planning Permissions.

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Other considerations

When making a planning application there are other considerations to take into account prior to submitting the application. We would strongly advise that you read the accompany guidance notes to your application type thoroughly. These guidance notes can be found on the forms and fees page.

Please note that planning permission is only one of a number of consents you may need for your proposal. For instance, you may have to get separate consent from Building Control or comply with our Environmental Control standards. For more information, please go to the Enforcing Standards section. You may also need additional approval for certain developments such as listed building consent (see the Forms and Fees page).

Please also note that the Mayor of London's Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) comes into force on 1 April 2012. This is a new levy which allows the Mayor and Local Authorities to fund infrastructure by charging on new development. Please note that this charge may affect some applications submitted before this date. For more information please see the Community Infrastructure Levy page.

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Greening Your Home

Whatever type of homes we live in, we can all take actions to make them greener, healthier and more comfortable places to live.

Please see the Greening Your Home page for further information to help you put into practice ideas and approaches for renovating your home in an environmentally sensitive way. The Greening Your Home Guide can also be downloaded from the Greening Your Home page.

Living in a conservation area or a listed building means that you need to pay attention to the special character of your property when considering energy conservation and use of renewable energy. An additional guide on The Use of Renewable Energy systems in Historic Buildings and Conservation Areas can also be found on the Greening Your Home page.

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Contact Planning

Planning and Regeneration Service
Level 6
River Park House
Wood Green
N22 8HQ

Tel: 020 8489 1000

Fax 020 8489 5220

Attached Files

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Page Last Updated: 21 March 2013

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