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01Areas we cover

Muswell Hill: drawings for an Edwardian suburb

Muswell Hill was built quickly and to a pattern, which is why Haringey's appraisal treats small changes to front gardens, walls and roofs as real harm. We draw planning, listed building and Building Regulations sets that respect that uniformity, after a free constraints check.

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    02The record

    Muswell Hill on the record

    Figures with their unit, period and source
    MeasureValuePeriodSource
    Conservation areaMuswell Hilldesignated 1974-03-01haringey.gov.uk
    Local factMuswell Hill was designated as a conservation area on 1 March 1974.No periodharingey.gov.uk
    Local factHaringey's appraisal calls Muswell Hill a notable and well-preserved example of an Edwardian suburb, mostly built over less than 20 years (1896-1913).No periodharingey.gov.uk
    Local factThe Muswell Hill character appraisal was adopted by Haringey on 11 February 2008.No periodharingey.gov.uk
    Local planning considerationFortis Green Conservation Area adjoins Muswell Hill to the west.No periodharingey.gov.uk
    Local factMuswell Hill Conservation Area Character Appraisal11 February 2008 (adopted by Planning Committee; last updated August 2008)haringey.gov.uk
    Conservation areas33 named conservation areas published by the councilNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Article 4 directions25 Article 4 directions published by the councilNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Listed building entries289 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary)No periodplanning.data.gov.uk

    A blank value means the figure has not been published, not that there are none. Check your own address with the council.

    Muswell Hill0 conservation areas
    Councils covering Muswell Hill
    • Haringey
    Rear view of brick terraced houses in London with slate roofs and chimney stacks along the shared roofline
    Photograph: Ben Hadfield

    03The drawing

    Constraints check: HaringeyA, Conservation areas: 33 named conservation areas published by the council. B, Article 4 directions: 25 Article 4 directions published by the council. C, Listed building entries: 289 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary). D, Heritage at Risk entries: 21 Heritage at Risk Register entries within the LPA boundary (Historic England)33Conservation areasA25Article 4 directionsB289Listed building entriesC21Heritage at Risk entriesD

    Constraints check: Haringey

    What we check first on any address in Haringey. Counts are for the whole council area.

    A Conservation areas
    33 named conservation areas published by the council
    B Article 4 directions
    25 Article 4 directions published by the council
    C Listed building entries
    289 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary)
    D Heritage at Risk entries
    21 Heritage at Risk Register entries within the LPA boundary (Historic England)
    A period street in three dimensions3D
    Scroll the page: the model turns with it.

    04The brief

    An Edwardian suburb, designated and extended

    Muswell Hill was designated as a conservation area on 1 March 1974. The conservation area was extended on 16 September 1991 to include roads to the north-east and west that reinforce its Edwardian character.

    Haringey's appraisal calls Muswell Hill a notable and well-preserved example of an Edwardian suburb, mostly built over less than 20 years (1896-1913). We show any change against its neighbours so the pattern stays legible.

    Upper floors of a large yellow-brick Victorian house in London with chimney pots

    05The detail

    The parades and the streets behind them

    Its heart is three- and four-storey red-brick Edwardian parades of shops and flats around Muswell Hill Broadway. A flat in a parade and a house behind it face the same character test, so we show each against the frontage around it.

    The Muswell Hill character appraisal was adopted by Haringey on 11 February 2008. We draw to that document and to Haringey's Local Plan, and name both in the covering letter.

    Three changes the appraisal names as harmful

    Removing front walls and paving front gardens for parking is the most harmful change, especially on narrow uniform frontages. Council would control forecourt hardstandings through refusing vehicle crossovers under the Highways Act, not an Article 4 direction.

    Re-roofing in inappropriate materials and colours is listed as a harmful permitted-development change. Where a re-roof or a new front boundary does need consent, we draw its material, colour and height against the neighbours. Our mansard roof drawings page shows how we present roof changes.

    Beyond the boundary

    Fortis Green Conservation Area adjoins Muswell Hill to the west. Haringey lists Fortis Green (designated 1 March 1974) as having no current adopted appraisal. Where no appraisal exists, the officer relies on policy, and we draw the case from the street.

    Haringey's own list shows 289 list entries, and it granted 90.3% of householder applications in its latest twelve months. Those are past decisions, not a forecast. Neighbouring pages cover Highgate and Crouch End.

    Planning sheet for a single-storey rear extension: proposed ground floor plan and rear elevation, with the Property Architecture title block
    Sample drawing. Proposed plan and rear elevation from a planning application set, sheet 03 at 1:50.

    06The papers

    What the drawings rest on

    Rows of brick terraced houses and gardens on a residential streetPlanning drawings
    Photograph: Altaf Shah
    Building regulations section through a rear extension, with the roof, floor, wall and foundation build-ups labelled
    Sample drawing. Section A-A with the build-ups building control checks, sheet 07 at 1:50.

    07Correspondence

    Questions

    Is my Muswell Hill house in the conservation area?

    The area covers the Edwardian centre around the Broadway and the roads extended into it, and a neighbouring Fortis Green area adjoins it. Send us the address and we check which applies, plus any Article 4 direction, before quoting.

    Can I pave my front garden in Muswell Hill?

    Removing front walls and paving front gardens for parking is the most harmful change, especially on narrow uniform frontages. Council would control forecourt hardstandings through refusing vehicle crossovers under the Highways Act, not an Article 4 direction. The dropped kerb is therefore the real gate, and we settle its position before any hardstanding goes on a drawing.

    How does Haringey judge a loft or roof change on a uniform Edwardian street?

    It reads the change against the neighbours. A street built to one pattern shows any departure at once, and the appraisal names re-roofing in the wrong materials and colours as harm. We draw your roof beside the roofs on either side, with ridge, tile and slate shown, so the officer sees the street and not only the house.

    What does drawing a basement in Muswell Hill involve in fee terms?

    The fee is fixed and VAT is included. Basement drawings begin at £1,995, and for a parade flat or a house behind it we confirm the sum after the free constraints check. Haringey's own application fee goes to the council direct.

    Red-brick mansion blocks and shopfronts on a street corner

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    named conservation areas published by the council

    Conservation areas, Haringey. Source: planning.data.gov.uk

    Photograph: Tom McCarten

    08Further reading

    Nearby neighbourhoods

    09Sources

    Sources and dates

    Licences

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    Send us the address of your house.

    We look up the conservation area, listing and Article 4 position, then reply with a fixed fee. A message before 3pm is answered the same working day.

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    Architectural drawings in Muswell Hill for Edwardian homes