Planning permission in Haringey
Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Haringey. The rules are stricter in its 30 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.
Haringey at a glance
- Conservation areas
- 30
- Article 4 areas
- 25
- Protected landscapes
- None
- Planning decisions
- London Borough of Haringey
How many conservation areas are there in Haringey?
Haringey has 30 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.
- 20
- Alexandra Palace and Park
- Bowes Park
- Bruce Castle
- Bruce Grove, Tottenham High Road Historic Corridor
- Campsbourne Cottage Estate
- Clyde Circus
- Crouch End
- Fortis Green
- Highgate
- Hillfield
- Hornsey High Street
- Hornsey Water Works & Filter Beds
- Lordship Lane
- Muswell Hill
- Noel Park
- Peabody Cottages
- Rookfield
- St Anns
- Stroud Green
- THRHC/Bruce Grove
- THRHC/North Tottenham
- THRHC/Scotland Green
- THRHC/Seven Sisters/Page Green
- THRHC/Tottenham Green
- Tottenham Cemetery
- Tower Gardens
- Trinity Gardens
- Vallance Road
- Wood Green Common
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Does Haringey have Article 4 directions?
Haringey has published 25 Article 4 areas. Inside them, some permitted development rights are removed, so work that would normally be allowed needs planning permission.
The rights they remove most often:
- Part 3 Class P (Part 3 Class P, in 25 of the areas)
Directions listed by Haringey:
- Ashley Rd
- Bounds Green Industrial Estate
- Brantwood Road
- Constable Crescent
- Cranford Way
- Cross Lane
- Crusader Industrial Estate
- Fountayne Rd
- Hale Wharf
- Herbert Rd/ Ashby Rd
- High Road East
- High Road West
- Marsh Lane
- Millmead & Lockwood
- North East Tottenham
- Omega Works
- Queen Street
- Rangemoor Rd
- South Tottenham
- Vale/ Eade Rd
- Vale/ Tewkesbury Rd
- White Hart Lane
- Willoughby Lane
- Wood Green
What is an Article 4 direction?
Is any of Haringey in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?
- There is green belt in or bordering Haringey. Householder permitted development rights apply as normal in the green belt, but if you need planning permission, green belt policy limits how much a home can be enlarged.
Listed buildings and protected trees in Haringey
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Haringey also publishes 224 listed building outlines, which show exactly which building is listed.
Haringey doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.
What planning data does Haringey publish?
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 33 |
| Article 4 direction boundaries | Published | 25 |
| Listed building outlines | Published | 224 |
| Tree preservation order areas | Not published | 0 |
| Protected trees | Not published | 0 |
Planning work on a home in Haringey? Put a pin on your house and we'll check it against all of this.
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Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by London Borough of Haringey and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 31 October 2026. London Borough of Haringey website.