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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 dates74,093Searchable applications
1,120Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 52,089 approved or refused records
5,072Refused applications
47,017 approved · 5,072 refused · 5,495 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2010 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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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 Decision2025/2153/P
Replacement of existing windows on all elevations with double glazed units.
Working Mens College 44-46 Crowndale Road London NW1 1TR
Received 30 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2155/P
Removal of window to the front elevation and replacement with a single louvre
Bloomsbury Theatre 15 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AH
Received 28 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2156/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Yew (T1) - Reduce by 1m - 1.5m, (7m Tree reduce to 5.5m max.), width 5m trim to 4m max to maintain shape make more compact natural shape. Group of Leylandii (G1) - Fell to ground level.
33 Redington Road London NW3 7QY
Received 21 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2158/L
Internal and external alterations including the widening of existing openings and increasing the height of the closet wing to the rear and replacement skylight
3 Holly Mount London NW3 6SG
Received 20 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2159/A
Display of 1no. externally lit fascia sign to Stukeley Street and 1no. externally lit fascia sign to Drury Lane
181 Drury Lane London WC2B 5QF
Received 20 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2161/P
Formation of a roof terrace, erection of metal railing balustrade and installation of French doors replacing an existing first floor rear window.
Flat 4 40 Canfield Gardens London NW6 3EB
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2162/P
Proposed rear dormer and front rooflights, a single-storey side extension with new metal railings and a privacy screen to form a roof terrace above the extension, and additional rooflights.
65 Hillfield Road London NW6 1QB
Received 29 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2163/T
ON STREET AT SIDE OF 22 BLOOMSBURY PLACE: 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (T21) - Prune from adjacent structure to clear building by 1.5m.
Bedford Place Saint Giles Bloomsbury London WC1B 5JU
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2164/T
(TPO REF: C5-A1) AT REAR OF 30 BEDFORD PLACE: 1 x Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis) (T1) - Remove all maturing basal epicormic growth leaving the main 5 stems.
Montague Bedford Gardens Montague Street London WC1B 5BJ
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2165/L
Replacement of existing windows on all elevations with double glazed units.
Working Mens College 44-46 Crowndale Road London NW1 1TR
Received 30 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2166/T
FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) (T25) - Reduce lateral branches to the southwest by 1.5m - 2m to reduce loading and re-balance crown.
Flat A 38 Bedford Place London WC1B 5JH
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2167/T
(TPO REF: C5-A3) SOUTH SIDE: 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (T89) - Prune to provide 1m clearance around stem where possible. NORTH SIDE: 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (T94) - Reduce cracked secondary pendulous branch to the north at approx. 12m, overhanging main entrance footpath (above Ginkgo), removing the lowest descending 3m section back to the natural fork 2m below (outboard) of the crack to reduce loading on the suspected stabilised, historic, cracked hazard beam. EAST SIDE: 1 x Camperdown Elm (Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii') (T145) - Remove epicormic growth. Reduce extended lateral branches to the north, northeast, southeast, south and southwest by 1.5m - 2m, to reduce loading on heavily decayed hollow stem and prevent failure onto the recreational lawn. The upper crown should be retained at its current height. Final cuts to be no greater than 80 mm diameter, leaving furnishing growth to minimise visual impact.
Bedford Square Gardens Bedford Sqaure Bloomsbury London WC1B 3HH
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2168/T
(TPO REF: C5-T8) REAR GARDEN: 1 x Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) (T74) - Prune from adjacent structure to clear building by 1.5m.
49 Gower Street London WC1E 6HH
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2169/P
Non-material amendment to planning permission 2021/0562/P granted 15/02/2024, namely to change the materials on the side and rear elevations from wrought iron cladding to render.
48 A Wicklow Street London WC1X 9LJ
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2170/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Cherry (T7) - Height reduction from 7m to 5.5m and a reduction in spread from 5m to 3.5m (radius to 1.75m).
15 Steele's Road London NW3 4SH
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2171/T
(TPO REF: C5-T9) REAR GARDEN: 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (T1) - Remove all growth from base.
59 Gower Street London WC1E 6HJ
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2172/T
O/S REAR OF 73 GOWER STREET: 1 x Claret Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia 'Raywood') (T54)- Reduce lateral extended limbs with weak unions at 2.2m & 4m to the southwest over the footpath & car parking by 1m - 1.5m to reduce loading and prevent failure due to poor union strength.
Outside r/o 73 Gower Street Opposite Ridgemount Gardens Ridgmount Gardens London WC1E 6HJ
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2173/T
SOUTH ENTRANCE TO SQUARE: 2 x London Planes (Platanus x hispanica) (T247 & T248) - Prune from adjacent structure to clear the Duke of Bedford statue, reducing encroaching branches by approx. 3m. Final cuts to be made at suitable pruning points.
Russell Square Gardens Russell Square London WC1B 5ER
Received 22 May 2025 - Final Decision25-00151-LDCE
Gas flue located on rear elevation at 2nd floor level within former kitchen window opening (now blocked up).
Flat 5 238 Royal College Street London NW1 9QR
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Final Decision2025/2175/L
Internal Alterations to Second floor.
Space House 1 Kemble Street London WC2B 4AN
Received 23 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2176/T
DD 5 Day Notice REAR GARDEN: 1 x Birch (T1) - Fell to ground level. 1 x Oak (T2) - Removal of collapsed limb.
Terrace House North End Avenue London NW3 7HP
Received 21 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2177/P
Erection of 9 no. vehicular/pedestrian gates, railings and hedge (with chicken wire behind) around the perimeter of the site.
Eton Rise, Eton Hall and Eton Place Eton College Road London NW3 2DD
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Final Decision2025/2178/P
Part change of use of basement car park from car parking (Sui Generis) to a self-storage facility (Class B8)
NCP Car Park Drury Lane London WC2B 5PW
Received 29 May 2025 - Final Decision2025/2180/P
Erection of rear glazed extension
Flat 1-2 36 Elsworthy Road London Camden NW3 3DL
Received 22 May 2025
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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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