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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Camden planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of London Borough of Camden. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Camden website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates74,032Searchable applications
1,103Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 52,055 approved or refused records
5,071Refused applications
46,984 approved · 5,071 refused · 5,494 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2010 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas40 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas21 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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More application records
- Final Decision2024/2802/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Holly (T1) - Fell to ground level.
Flat Basement 7 Ellerdale Road London NW3 6BA
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2803/T
(TPO REF: C933 2010) REAR GARDEN: 1 x Ash (T1) - Reduce by 2m - 3m to previous points of reduction.
125 Fortess Road London NW5 2HR
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2804/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Crab Apple (T2) - Reduce crown by approx. 2m.
10 Christchurch Hill London NW3 1LB
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2805/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Lime (T1) - Prune back to previous points of reduction & remove all epicormic shoots from main stem/limbs.
21 Leverton Street London NW5 2PH
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2806/L
Retrospective consent to regulate unlawful internal alterations including demolition of walls, new partitioning, suspended ceiling, and removal of architectural detailing (cornice, skirting, architraves, picture rails and fireplaces)
Flat 4A King Edward Mansions 8 Grape Street London Camden WC2H 8DY
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Final Decision2024/2807/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Fig (T1) - Fell to ground level.
86 Chetwynd Road London NW5 1DH
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2808/T
FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Magnolia (T1) - Crown reduce by approx 1m to form a formal shape.
8 Provost Road London NW3 4ST
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2809/T
DD 5 Day Notice REAR GARDEN: 1 x Sycamore (T1) - Fell to ground level.
227 Goldhurst Terrace London NW6 3EP
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2810/P
Proposed change of use from offices (Class E) to residential (Class C3) to provide no. 11 self-contained apartments comprising a mix of no. 6 x two-bedroom units and no. 5 x one- bedroom units
Rugby Chambers 2 Rugby Street London WC1N 3QU
Received 15 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2812/L
Installation of timber slatted handrail with maintenance access gate, raised composite decking, fitted benches and planters, together with soft landscaping to create a roof terrace at sixth floor
The Heals Building 196 Tottenham Court Road London W1T 7LQ
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2813/P
Change of use to the basement and ground floor of the site from Class E (Office) to Class C3 (Dwelling) comprising 1 x 1 bed flat and 1 x 2 bed flat
2 Acton Street London WC1X 9NA
Received 15 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2814/T
(TPO REF: C574 2006) REAR GARDEN; 2 x Sycamores (T1 & T2) - Thin crowns by 30%.
Elmwood North End Way London NW3 7HE
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2815/T
FRONT GARDEN: 1 x False Acacia (T1) - Reduce vertical and lateral growth by 2m - 3m approx. Thin by 10% approx. (30% crown reduction).
60 Primrose Gardens London NW3 4TP
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2817/T
FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Holly (T2) - Fell to ground level.
5 Wedderburn Road London NW3 5QS
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2819/P
Change of use of the premises from Class E (commercial) use to a sui generis use as a competitive socializing bar/restaurant venue and/or for Class E use and alteration to the shopfronts on both the Earlham Street and Shelton Street frontage.
50 Earlham Street London WC2H 9LJ
Received 15 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2820/A
Display of an externally illuminated hanging sign and internally illuminated menu board.
50 Earlham Street London WC2H 9LJ
Received 15 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2818/P
Details of air source heat pumps required by condition 7 of planning permission 2022/1515/P dated 20/02/2023 which varied 2020/3881/P dated 01/11/2021 for the Redevelopment of Belgrove House as a part 5 part 10 storey building plus 2 basement levels for use as office and research and laboratory floorspace; with café, flexible retail and office floorspace at ground floor; an auditorium at basement; incorporating step free entrance to Kings Cross Underground station in place of two entrance boxes along Euston Road; together with terraces at fourth and fifth floor levels, servicing, cycle storage and facilities, refuse storage and other ancillary and associated works.
Belgrove House Belgrove Street London WC1H 8AA
Received 11 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2822/P
The excavation of an enlarged lower ground floor rear external terrace and the erection of a rear facing balcony at upper ground floor level with a glass balustrade.
52 Oakley Square London NW1 1NJ
Received 11 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/2821/P
Variation of condition 6 (total number of children) of planning permission (2021/1895/P) dated 15/11/2023, for the erection of single storey extension at roof level to infill the valley roof, incorporating vent stacks and rooflights, plus installation of new dormer to rear elevation and window to front gable, all in association with the provision of additional classroom space to existing school building; namely to allow an increase in the total number of pupils receiving instruction at any time from 264 to 308.
12 Netherall Gardens London NW3 5RN
Received 17 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2823/L
Internal alterations and installation of extract vent to rear elevation
36 Lamb's Conduit Street London Camden WC1N 3LD
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Appeal Decided2024/2824/P
Creation of roof terrace with railings with associated roof alterations and skylights.
Flat 3 15 Aberdare Gardens London Camden NW6 3AJ
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Withdrawn2024/2825/P
Observations to the adjoining London Borough of Islington for "Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a building (Use Class E) including basement levels and provision of Maker Space (Sui Generis) and flexible and mixed Use Class E / Sui Generis floorspace, highways, landscaping and public realm works and all associated and ancillary works and structures."
176 - 178 York Way London N1 0AZ,
Received 15 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2826/A
Display of a non-illuminated fascia sign and a non-illuminated projecting sign to shopfront.
14 Perrin's Court London NW3 1QS
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Final Decision2024/2830/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Lime (T1) - Reduce lateral growth over Kenview garden by up to 2.5m.
5 Merton Lane London N6 6NA
Received 9 Jul 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Camden, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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