Planning permission in Haringey
What actually happens to planning applications decided by London Borough of Haringey: approval rates, decision times, appeal odds and the development plan they are judged against. Figures cover 6,937 applications decided in the two years to July 2026, from the council's public planning register.
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How long does planning permission take in Haringey?
Half of decided applications took 56 days or less from validation to decision. The middle 50% of applications took between 37 and 78 days, and 61.8% were decided inside the 8-week statutory target for minor applications. Complex or contested schemes take longer.
The Haringey local plan
Decisions are made against the London Plan (2021) and the Haringey Local Plan suite adopted in 2017 (strategic policies with 2017 alterations, development management policies, site allocations and the Tottenham area action plan), plus the Highgate Neighbourhood Plan.
A new local plan reached Regulation 18 consultation in late 2025 and is progressing towards submission, with adoption targeted for 2027.
What tends to shape decisions here: The borough has around 29 conservation areas, several with Article 4 directions, plus Metropolitan Open Land and Lee Valley flood zones in the east. Its claimed five year housing land supply has been successfully challenged at appeal, which strengthens the hand of well-argued housing schemes.
If Haringey says no: appeal odds
Between 2021 and 2025 the Planning Inspectorate overturned 27.7% of appealed Haringey refusals (104 of 375 decided appeals). The national average is 31.1%. More detail, including how Haringey ranks nationally: planning appeals in Haringey.
Source: decisions published on the London Borough of Haringey public planning register, two years to July 2026. Approval rate = approvals divided by approvals plus refusals; withdrawn applications and other outcomes are excluded. We track 23,678 Haringey applications in total. Plan facts as of July 2026; always check the council's own pages for the latest position.
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