Lawful Development Certificate in Haringey from £575
Muswell Hill, Crouch End, Wood Green and Tottenham: Haringey will decide a proposed certificate in 5 working days if you pay for its fast track.
£575 £425 drawings + £150 survey (£575 total), no VAT to add
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The short answer
Haringey’s usual decision time is 8 weeks, but its fast-track service gives a proposed lawful development certificate a dedicated case officer and a decision within 5 working days, provided all the information is there on submission and the proposal is acceptable. It costs £744 with tax already added, on top of the statutory fee. It excludes existing certificates and proposed changes of use. Our fee is £425 drawings + £150 survey (£575 total), no VAT to add; the council’s fees are separate.
Permitted development drawings and Lawful Development Certificate
from £575
- Drawings
- £425
- Measured survey
- £150
- Total you pay
- £575
- VAT
- None to add
- A measured survey of the house, so the drawings show your property and not a template
- Existing and proposed plans and elevations drawn to show each permitted development limit being met
- The complete pack the fast track asks for on day one, since the 5 days depend on it
- A check of your address against Haringey’s conservation areas and Article 4 directions
- The application submitted for you, with the fast-track request made afterwards
£425 drawings + £150 survey (£575 total). A starting fee: we confirm one fixed figure after checking your address. The council’s own fee, where there is one, is paid to the council.
Get my fixed feeHow a Haringey certificate runs
Rights check
We check the conservation area list and the Article 4 map against your address.
Survey
We measure depths, heights and distances to the boundaries.
Drawings to the rules
Each sheet states the limit it tests.
Apply
We submit through the Planning Portal, then use the green request button with the reference if you want the fast track.
What the fast track needs
Haringey asks you to apply through the Planning Portal and pay the statutory fee, then click the request button, complete the online form, pay the fast-track fee, and include your Planning Portal reference. The five days run on the condition that everything is provided at submission, so a missing section or a plan without a scale means the clock cannot help you.
For example, a Muswell Hill owner with a dormer contractor booked can pay £744 for a decision in a week instead of eight, whereas one with no deadline can wait.
Conservation areas, Article 4 and validation
Haringey lists Article 4 directions in four conservation areas: Noel Park, Peabody Cottages, Rookfield Estate and Tower Gardens, and a borough HMO direction across most of the east removes the right to turn a house into a small HMO. A certificate cannot be granted for work whose right has been removed, so we check your address first.
Haringey’s CIL runs from £443.52 a square metre in the west to £276.16 in the centre and £60.24 in the east in 2026, on 100 square metres or more of new floor space, so a typical certificate project is outside it. Haringey’s validation list, revised on 29 August 2024, asks for a block plan at 1:500 or better showing the properties either side, and floor plans that show 5 metres beyond the boundary on each side.
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Certificates in Haringey in numbers
369 of 408
Householder decisions by Haringey Council between July 2025 and June 2026 (prior approvals left out) that were made inside 8 weeks.
Source: MHCLG live table PS2, district planning application statistics, July 2025 to June 2026 (GOV.UK)
£744
Haringey’s fast-track fee for a proposed lawful development certificate, tax already added, on top of the statutory fee.
5 days
Working days in which the fast track issues a decision on a proposed certificate.
8 weeks
Haringey’s usual decision timeframe after receiving an application.
Excluded
Existing certificates and proposed changes of use cannot be fast-tracked.
4
Article 4 directions in Haringey conservation areas: Noel Park, Peabody Cottages, Rookfield Estate and Tower Gardens.
Source: List of conservation areas in Haringey (Haringey Council)
HMO
Haringey’s HMO Article 4 direction removes the right to turn a house into a small HMO across most of the east of the borough.
1:500
Smallest scale allowed for a block plan showing the properties either side and to the rear, with a north point.
Source: Local validation list, August 2024 (Haringey Council)
Questions about certificates in Haringey
What does Haringey’s fast track cost?
£744 with tax already added for a proposed certificate, plus the statutory application fee.
Does the 5 days always hold?
Only if all relevant information is provided on submission and the proposal is acceptable.
Can I fast-track a change of use?
No. Existing certificates and proposed changes of use are excluded.
Do I still need building regulations?
Yes. A certificate covers planning law only.
Put it in writing before you build in Haringey
Send the address and what you plan. We reply with whether it fits permitted development and a fixed fee, from £425 drawings + £150 survey (£575 total).