Policy information sourced from the Haringey Development Management Plan

DM23: Environmental Protection

Air Quality

  • All development proposals should consider air quality and be designed to:
    • Improve or mitigate the impact on air quality in the Borough; and
    • Improve or mitigate the impact on air quality for the occupiers of the building or users of the development.
  • Air quality assessments will be required for all major development and other development proposals, where appropriate.
  • Where necessary, adequate mitigation must be provided.

Noise and Vibration

  • The Council will seek to ensure that new noise sensitive development is located away from existing or planned sources of noise pollution. Proposals for potentially noisy development must suitably demonstrate that measures will be implemented to mitigate its impact.
  • A noise assessment will be required to be submitted if the proposed development is a noise sensitive development, or an activity with the potential to generate noise.

Light Pollution

  • Development proposals that include external lighting must mitigate potential adverse impacts from such lighting. Where appropriate, proposals will be required to submit details demonstrating that external lighting is:
    • Appropriate for its purpose in its setting;
    • Designed to minimise and provide protection from glare and light spillage, particularly to sensitive receptors such as residential properties and natural habitats, including watercourses; and
    • Energy efficient.

Contaminated Land

  • Proposals for new development will only be permitted where it is demonstrated that any risks associated with land contamination, including to human health and the environment, can be adequately addressed in order to make the development safe.
  • All proposals for new development on land which is known to be contaminated, or potentially contaminated, will be required to submit a preliminary assessment to identify the level and risk of contamination and, where appropriate, a risk management and remediation strategy.

Hazardous Substances

  • Proposals for development of new hazardous installations, or development of sites located within the vicinity of existing installations, will only be permitted where it is demonstrated that necessary safeguards are incorporated to ensure the development is safe.

Policy information sourced from the Haringey Development Management Plan