Planning Permission in Wood Green | Fixed-Fee Plans

An Article 4 Direction applies across Haringey, so check it before assuming Wood Green permitted development survives. Because Wood Green is Edwardian terraces, post-war flats, the officer's assessment leans on streetscape impact around The Mall Wood Green as much as on the numbers. If your Wood Green address is inside Tottenham Green, treat permitted development as reduced and plan for a full Haringey Council application. Every Wood Green enquiry starts with that check.

That mapping of Article 4 directions across Wood Green happens before design, which is what keeps the Haringey Council route predictable. The edwardian terraces governs the numbers on a Wood Green site: rear wall, eaves, and how far a ridge can rise beside The Mall Wood Green. The borough policy layer over every N22 address is set out on Haringey planning. The Wood Green survey then carries into building regulations drawings in Wood Green if the project runs on to construction.

Validation at London Borough of Haringey is the first delay a Wood Green applicant meets. Week one is a laser measured survey at your Wood Green property; the existing plans are drawn from that survey, never from an estate agent's floorplan.

Statutory periods: 8 weeks from validation for a householder application, 13 weeks for a major scheme, 6 weeks for prior approval with a 21 days neighbour consultation, and 5 weeks for a full plans building control submission. A party structure notice requires one month notice and two months where excavation is involved.

We monitor the N22 case and respond to officer queries during the period. The Wood Green pack is validated against London Borough of Haringey requirements before submission.

A Wood Green scheme that respects the 45-degree line rarely draws a sustained objection. The Wood Green survey records every opening, level change and structural wall.

Late notices are what stall Wood Green sites more than planning does. Once consent is granted, loft conversion drawings follows for the N22 property.

Wood Green is characterised by edwardian terraces, post-war flats, concentrated across N22 in the Wood Green / Alexandra Palace area. Wood Green is not uniform, but the edwardian terraces recurs often enough across N22 that the structural pattern is predictable once measured. Applied to N22 property: edwardian houses here typically need the same householder set plus a roof plan where a dormer is proposed. On the edwardian terraces in Wood Green it sets the beam run. Height on a Wood Green proposal is measured against its neighbours, not against a policy number; the The Mall Wood Green terraces set that datum.

Subterranean N22 work needs a structural case as much as a planning one. Survey data from the Wood Green property flows straight into house extension drawings for N22 properties or architectural drawings without a second site visit.

What the Wood Green drawing pack contains

Here is what a N22 instruction actually produces.

• site location plan for the Wood Green property
• block plan
• existing and proposed floor plans
• existing and proposed elevations
• Design & Access Statement

Streets and landmarks we survey around Wood Green

• The Mall Wood Green — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the The Mall Wood Green back addition.
• Noel Park — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Noel Park extension goes.
• Alexandra Park — front-to-back level changes that drive the Alexandra Park section drawings.
• Bounds Green — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Bounds Green extension goes.
• Palmers Green — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Palmers Green back addition.
• Muswell Hill — terraced rear elevations — the Muswell Hill party wall position is drawn first.
• Duckett's Green — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Haringey Council measures a Duckett's Green dormer against.
• Bounds Green Road — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Bounds Green Road plot.
• The Mall Wood Green — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Wood Green context elevation.
• Heartlands High School — it fixes the local datum a Wood Green roof extension is judged against.
• Alexandra Park School — schemes in view of it attract closer officer scrutiny.
• Greig City Academy — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.

Getting to a Wood Green survey

Surveyors travel to N22 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Wood Green, Turnpike Lane, File:Wood Green, Alexandra Palace. Appointments are booked in Wood Green on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard edwardian terraces takes two to three hours.

Where Wood Green sits

Wood Green lies 6.5 miles (10.5 km) of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ305905, inside the Southgate and Wood Green parliamentary constituency. That grid reference is not trivia — the Wood Green site location plan is drawn over it, and Haringey Council validates the address against it. Source.

Practical detail for a Wood Green submission: local stations are Wood Green and Turnpike Lane and File:Wood Green and Alexandra Palace; Royal Mail routes it as LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Haringey Council holds it.

Wood Green postcode coverage

We survey and draw across N22 (Wood Green / Alexandra Palace), which Wood Green holds on its own. The N22 boundary decides which Haringey designations apply to your Wood Green address.

Streets and stations in Wood Green

Our N22 caseload covers The Mall Wood Green, Noel Park, Alexandra Park, Bounds Green, Palmers Green, Muswell Hill, Duckett's Green and Bounds Green Road. most Wood Green sites are within walking distance of Wood Green or Turnpike Lane or File:Wood Green.

Areas we cover around Wood Green

We survey across Kentish Town (NW5), Belsize Park (NW3), Bloomsbury (WC1), Fitzrovia (W1T), King's Cross (N1C), Highgate (N6) as well as Wood Green itself, plus the Camden side of the boundary.

You know the number before the surveyor is booked. The fee follows the building. On Wood Green stock that means party walls, levels, and the Tottenham Green heritage question.

Statutory application fees are set by regulation, not by the council: £548 householder, £610 for a new dwelling, £274 for a lawful development certificate, £249 for prior approval.

On a N22 submission the statutory fee goes straight to London Borough of Haringey. London planning approval-rate dataset · Haringey planning · our London planning permission service · planning permission in Kentish Town.

We are architectural technologists, MCIAT chartered, and every Wood Green set carries that accountability. On a marginal Wood Green plot we would rather spend on Haringey Council pre-application advice than lose 8 weeks to a refusal on a N22 address.

Drawings are produced by chartered members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (MCIAT), the professional body for technical design and building-regulations competence. First-time approval across our London caseload is 98%. Statutory fees shown are those in force in England in 2026 under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) Regulations. Confirm your local authority at gov.uk and submission requirements on the Planning Portal. Studio: 71–75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ.

One visit to the N22 property is all we need to quote properly. This Wood Green page was reviewed in August 2026.