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Home » Planning and Building Control » Planning » Planning Applications » Pre-Application Guidance

Pre-Application Advice Service

Important: Our pre-application service is currently still running. We are offering an alternative to face to face meetings and can provide the service through telephone or video conferencing or with a written advice note just based on information you submit.


  • Advice before you submit an application
  • Pre-application advice service for householders
  • Pre-application advice service for residential developers
  • Pre-application advice service for developers of commercial space
  • Additional pre-application advice
  • Refund Policy
  • Disclosing information on pre-application discussions
  • Other sources of Planning advice

Advice before you submit an application

Our Planning Service is keen to help to make the Planning Process as simple for you as possible. Our website has been designed to provide customers with a range of information about common projects, maps that show if your site falls into a conservation area, or is affected by other issues.

If this information does not provide you with adequate guidance for your specific project, you might find it helpful to use our pre-application advice service, which can help householders making alterations to their homes, or developers of housing and developers for commercial/employment sites. We can provide you with an appointment within 10 working days of you requesting a meeting. After your meeting with our officers, our service will provide you with written advice for meetings within 20 working days (increased from 10 for planning advice due to current workloads). To find out more about our service, or book an appointment, please see the information provided below.

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Pre-application advice service for householders

We provide the following services for householders:

 Service

Current Cost

Planning advice for householders
Our Householder advice service can offer:
  • Background research on your property
  • A face-to-face meeting (at our office)
  • A written record of the advice you have received

You can make an appointment for this service via the pre-application advice request form.

There is no free drop-in planning advice service.

£359 (VAT inclusive)
Express Written Planning Advice for householders
For when you need advice quickly and do not require a meeting.
£298 (VAT inclusive)
Householder with basement.£999 (VAT inclusive)
Householder Delivery Contract
Our Householder delivery contract is designed for complex proposals which might require more advice and research than the standard householder advice service can offer. The service would offer more comprehensive background research, face to face meeting and written record of the advice.
Bespoke Price
Out of Office visits
If you wish for us to deliver the advice service at the site in question, Planning officers will be able to arrange this for an additional charge of £196.
Above fee +£196 (VAT inclusive)
Fast-Track Householder Application (plus statutory fee)£500 (VAT inclusive)
Fast-Track Lawful Development Certificate Application (plus statutory fee)£621 (VAT inclusive)

Building Control Pre Application advice:

For Building Control pre-application advice please contact Building Control directly either on 0208 489 5504 or building.control@haringey.gov.uk or via the link below:

  • Contact the Building Control Pre-application Advice service
 

Before attending their meeting, customers should provide a site plan for the property in question. Site plans are available to purchase from the Planning Portal website (external link) and are crucial in helping us to identify your property. Simply mark a red line around your property, including around individual buildings, and any additional ‘curtilage’ spaces like gardens. Customers who do book pre-application advice meetings will be asked to attach a site plan when booking, or email it to the Planning service ahead of the meeting.

In addition, if you have drawn up any plans you wish to show us, or have photos or rough sketches for your proposal, it will be helpful to attach these items. We will however be able to provide advice without this information.

If you wish to book a pre-application advice service meeting, please fill in our online form with details about your proposal and an email address and phone number so we can contact you:

Request for pre-application advice

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Pre-application advice service for residential developers

 If you are planning on building new homes or converting your property into flats, our pre-application advice service can help you. The pre-application advice service offers:

  • background research from planning officers about your site and proposals, including specialist advice from conservation officers, design officers, and special advice on the Community Infrastructure Levy and our Affordable Housing Liability policies
  • meetings with the relevant specialist officers present
  • written advice and feedback

Table: Pre-application advice service costs for residential developers

ServiceCurrent cost
Minors, 1-5 new residential units (including converting a house to flats)£1,578.00 (VAT inclusive)
Minors, 6-9 residential units£2,347.00 (VAT inclusive)
Basement advice fee for a minor application£717.00 (VAT inclusive) plus above fee
Majors, 10-24 residential units£6,116.00 (VAT inclusive)
Majors, 25 and above residential units£8,477.00  (VAT inclusive)
Planning Performance Agreement (PPA)Bespoke price
Flat conversion 2-3 units or HMO£650.00 (VAT inclusive)

Before attending their meeting, customers must provide the following:

  • 1:1250 site location plan
  • Drawings of the proposal
  • Photographs of the site and surroundings
  • Draft Design and Access statement
  • Any other relevant attachments.

All of these attachments can be added through the webform below.

If you wish to book a pre-application advice service meeting, please fill in our online form with details about your proposal and an email address and phone number so we can contact you:

Request for pre-application advice

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Pre-application advice service for developers of commercial spaces

 If you are planning on building new employment spaces, our pre-application advice service can help you. The pre-application advice service offers:

  • Background research from planning officers about your site and proposals, including specialist advice from conservation officers, design officers, and special advice on the Community Infrastructure Levy .
  • Meetings with the relevant specialist officers present.
  • Written advice and feedback.

Table: Pre-application advice service costs for developers of commercial spaces

ServiceCurrent cost
Minor commercial applications up to 499 sqm£1,578.00  (VAT inclusive)
Minors (Category 4) 500-999sqm commercial floorspace£2,347.00  (VAT inclusive)
Majors (Category 3) 1000-1999sqm commercial floorspace£6,116.00  (VAT inclusive)
Majors (Category 2) 2000-9999sqm commercial floorspace£8,477.00  (VAT inclusive)
Majors (Category 1) 10,000 or more commercial floorspace£8,477.0  (VAT inclusive)
Drainage meeting for a major£1,382  (VAT inclusive)
Energy meeting for a major£2,679  (VAT inclusive)
Air quality meeting for a major£1,317  (VAT inclusive)
Planning Performance Agreement (PPA)£8,477 initial meeting (VAT inclusive)

Bespoke price after first meeting

Before attending their meeting, customers must provide the following:

  • 1:1250 site location plan
  • Drawings of the proposal
  • Photographs of site and surroundings
  • Draft Design and Access Statement
  • Any other relevant attachments.

All of these attachments can be added through the webform below.

If you wish to book a pre-application advice service meeting, please fill in our online form with details about your proposal and an email address and phone number so we can contact you:

Request for pre-application advice

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Additional pre-application advice

Some of our customers may find that the breadth of issues that arise as a result of their proposal cannot be covered in the pre-application advice meeting. For developers who would like to iteratively develop their proposals and evolve their designs based on feedback, we offer a number of additional services.

Table: Additional pre-application advice costs

ServiceCurrent cost
Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs)
Our PPA service can offer a bespoke service which can provide specialist support and expertise relevant to your proposal. The cost of the service is calculated on the basis of hourly rates of the officers and experts who provide the advice
Bespoke
Transportation assessments
For complex projects which require additional transport scoping assessments as part of a technical working group.

£99 per hour of work (VAT inclusive)

Quality Review Panel, Formal review
For clients seeking feedback from a range of design experts about their proposal. Please note that this service is not available unless the client attends a pre-application advice meeting first.
£5,400 (VAT inclusive) including room hire
Quality Review Panel, Chairs review
For clients seeking feedback from the Chair of the Quality Review Panel for design advice on their proposal. Please note that this service is not available unless the client attends a pre-application advice meeting first
£2,400 (VAT inclusive) including room hire
Surgery Review£1,440 (VAT inclusive)
Senior Manager Time
For clients seeking support and advice from the Head of Development Management, Robbie McNaugher.
Please note this is subject to availability and at our discretion, and usually only suitable for 'major' proposals for residential developments and commercial spaces
£166 per hour (VAT inclusive)
Assistant Director Time
For clients seeking additional advice and support from the Assistant Director for Planning, Building Standards & Sustainability.
Please note this is subject to availability and at our discretion, and usually only suitable for 'major' proposals for residential developments and commercial spaces
£210 per hour (VAT inclusive)

Area Team Managers and Specialist Urban Design or Heritage Advice

For clients requiring specific urban design or conservation advice (i.e. for works to Listed Buildings or in conservation areas, and for tall or landmark buildings)

£173 per hour (VAT inclusive)

If you wish to book a pre-application advice service meeting, please fill in our online form with details about your proposal and an email address and phone number so we can contact you:

Request for pre-application advice

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Refund Policy

Please note, if a customer cancels a meeting, it is likely that a major portion of the fee will not be refunded, due to the need to cover the costs of carrying out background research and other preparatory work ahead of the meeting. However, we will try to accommodate requests to rearrange the meeting.

If the meeting is cancelled by the Planning service, an alternative time for the meeting will be offered. If the alternative is not acceptable to the customer, the fee will be refunded in full.

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Disclosing information on pre-application discussions

The council does not automatically publicise details of pre-application discussions with potential developers until a planning application has been submitted. At application stage the pre-application report will be placed on the case file on the website.

Any applicant that wants to withhold the pre-application report from publication will need to provide justification taking account of the fact that under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 the council is obliged to release information in the public interest unless exemptions apply. The exemptions only relate to commercially sensitive and confidential information. It is therefore important that you bring to the council's attention at the outset in writing, any information which you consider may, if disclosed, prejudice your commercial interests or which you consider would breach confidentiality. You should also set out the reasons why and for what period you consider the information falls into these categories. It is then for the council to decide whether it believes the information falls into these exempt categories.

It is also possible that the council will receive requests for disclosure of pre-application advice reports prior to submission of an application and these will be dealt with on a case by case basis. As set out above disclosure will only be withheld if exemptions, such as commercially sensitive or confidential information, apply. We may also treat as exempt from disclosure information which, if disclosed, may prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs. This can be particularly relevant at the outset of major applications where a lot of exploratory discussion takes place. If the disclosure of this exploratory information was likely to prejudice the process of leading to a proper determination of the subsequent planning application, then it may not be disclosed.

Apart from these exemptions any other recorded information resulting from these pre-application discussions is very likely to be disclosed if requested.

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Other sources of Planning advice

If you are not sure that the Pre-Application advice service is the right service for you, you can find a range of information and advice about common proposals, from our Advice for Common Projects section.

Alternatively, you can seek planning advice from a range of other providers, such as local architects, or Planning Aid (external link).

The Environment Agency can provide pre-application advice on matters such as flood risk details are set out in their advice note (PDF, 354KB).

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Attached files

FilenameFiletypeSize
PAPA_request_form_2015PDF 256.95 KB

Useful external links

DCLG Planning Performance Agreements

Page last updated:

May 18, 2022

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