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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.
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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 dates74,053Searchable applications
1,108Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 52,065 approved or refused records
5,071Refused applications
46,994 approved · 5,071 refused · 5,494 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2010 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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 Decision2024/5193/L
Proposed whitewashing / painting of internal brick walls and ceiling at ground and first floors
25 Neal Street London Camden WC2H 9PR
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5194/L
Formation of ground-floor opening in party wall between Nos 33 and 34 Great Queen Street to provide access to new WC.
33 & 34 Great Queen Street London WC2B 5AA
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Final Decision2024/5195/P
Use of the property as a single dwellinghouse.
16 Eldon Grove London NW3 5PT
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5196/P
Installation of a gate and metal staircase in front lightwell leading from street to basement level.
Ground and Basement Flat 8 Princess Road London NW1 8JJ
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5197/T
FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Ash (T1) - Crown reduce by approx. 2m.
79 Croftdown Road London NW5 1EY
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5198/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Willow (T1) - Re-pollard back to old pruning points. 1 x Oak (T2) - Reduce all over by 2m or less, to previous reduction points or closest suitable growth point leaving secondary growth to reshape the tree. Thin inside crown by up to 50mm and clean. 1 x Hawthorn (T3) - Prune back to shape by reducing over extended laterals by 1m. All works to be in accordance with the recommendations in British Standard BS3998:2010 (Recommendations for Tree work).
Flat A 63 Redington Road London NW3 7RP
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5199/P
Replacement of existing windows and door with new aluminium sliding doors to the rear upper ground floor.
Flat 41 Kingsland Broxwood Way London NW8 7QJ
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Final Decision2024/5203/P
Excavation of a new basement floor level to single dwellinghouse
31 Willoughby Road London NW3 1RT
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Withdrawn2024/5205/L
Installation of a signboard in garden facing Bloomsbury Square and Bedford Place.
22 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2NS
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5206/L
Pipework associated with installation of an air source heat pump in the rear garden.
31 South Hill Park London NW3 2ST
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Registered2024/5208/L
Demolition of the existing two storey rear extension and erection of a replacement extension, erection of a single-storey rear extension and the internal refurbishment of the existing building, replacement of the single-glazed timber sash windows with double-glazed timber sash windows.
22 Great James Street London WC1N 3ES
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5210/P
Installation of railings to existing rear flat roof at first floor level to create roof terrace.
24 Savernake Road London NW3 2JP
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Final Decision2024/5212/P
Details of accessible and adaptable dwellings (Part M4 (2)) required by condition 6 of permission ref 2020/4667/P dated 27/07/2021 for 'erection of replacement 2 storey dwelling plus basement following demolition of existing building'.
38 Frognal Lane London Camden NW3 6PP
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Withdrawn2024/5213/L
Installation of new windows and doors to the rear elevation.
161 Arlington Road London Camden NW1 7ET
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5217/L
Removal of existing conservatory and erection of a single-storey ground floor rear extension with a basement extension below, part-infill of existing lightwell to the front, and repainting of former shopfront to the ground floor facade.
161 Arlington Road London NW1 7ET
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Final Decision2024/5218/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Walnut (T1) - Reduce back to previous reduction points.
27 Platt's Lane London NW3 7NP
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5221/P
Removal of an external rear staircase and proposed erection of steel infill balustrade on rear first floor.
340 West End Lane London NW6 1LN
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5222/P
Alterations to side elevation fenestration at lower ground level including installation of two new windows, repositioning of window, and relocation of entrance door.
30 Elsworthy Road London NW3 3DL
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Final Decision2024/5223/P
Details to partially discharge Condition 3(b) (Brickwork Details) of planning permission 2023/2530/P dated 12/06/24 for the 'Demolition of existing two storey detached dwellinghouse, replacement with new two storey detached dwellinghouse with accommodation within the roof space including dormer windows and associated hard and soft landscaping and drainage'.
7 Redington Gardens London NW3 7RU
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5224/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Fig (T1) - Reduce crown to previous pruning points, approx. 4m reduction. 1 x Bamboo (T2) - Reduce height to approx. 1.75m from ground level (wall height). 1 x Bamboo T3) - Reduce height to approx. 1.75m from ground level (wall height).
34 Mornington Crescent London NW1 7RE
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5225/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Ash (T1) - Crown reduction back to most recent pruning points, (approx. 4.5m reduction).
47 Upper Park Road London NW3 2UL
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5226/T
FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Cherry (T1) - Fell to ground level. 1 x Viburnum tree (T2) - Reduce branches overhanging pavement back to boundary, approx. 1.5m and reduce branches growing towards cherry tree & #55 by 1.5m to make form more upright. Reduce height by approx. 1m. REAR GARDEN: 1 x Black Cherry (T3) - Fell to ground level. 1 x Cercis tree (T4) - Fell to ground level. 1 x Laurel (T5) - Reduce branches over gravel area back to tile line, approx. 2m reduction and reduce each end to within the boundaries of #53. 1 x Holly (T6) - Lift crown to top of first trellis, (70cm). 1 x Viburnum tree (T7) - Reduce down to a height of approx. 1m.
53 Caversham Road London NW5 2DR
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5227/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Robinia (T1) - Reduce crown to previous pruning points, approx. 2.5m reduction. 1 x Sweet Gum (T2) - Reduce crown by up to 2m. 1 x Liquid Amber (T4) - Crown reduction of approx. 1.5m.
52 Parliament Hill London NW3 2TL
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Final Decision2024/5228/T
(TPO REF: C339 2002) FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Horse Chestnut (T1) - Reduce height and spread back to previous pruning points (2m).
15 Dartmouth Park Road London NW5 1SU
Received 26 Nov 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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