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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 dates74,106Searchable applications
1,115Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 52,105 approved or refused records
5,072Refused applications
47,033 approved · 5,072 refused · 5,496 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2010 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision2026/2382/P
Amalgamation of two existing flats into a single residential unit; erection of a roof extension; replacement of front and rear windows; and associated external alterations.
25 Fitzroy Street London W1T 6DR
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered2026/2383/P
Erection of dormer extensions to the front, side and rear roof slopes with an inset rear roof terrace.
Flat 5 14 Belsize Park London NW3 4ES
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2384/P
Erection of rear dormer extension, alteration to roof of rear return, and installation of rooflights to front roof slope.
8 Solent Road London NW6 1TU
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Withdrawn2026/2385/P
Details to discharge conditions 4 (brickwork cleaning) of planning permission 2024/3915/P granted 19/11/2024 for the 'Replacement of non-historic windows, external facade cleaning, replacement of the roof covering and associated repairs, the reinstatement of cast-iron window sill railings, and the replacement of tiling to the front step with a new mosaic design'.
69 Gower Street London WC1E 6HJ
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2386/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Cypress (T1) - Fell to ground level.
51 Belsize Park Gardens London NW3 4JL
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2387/T
FRONT GARDEN: 1 x English Yew (Taxus baccata) (T1) - Fell to ground level. 1 x False Acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia') (T5) - Fell to ground level. 1 x Evergreen Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) (S1) - Fell to ground level.
104 Highgate West Hill London N6 6AP
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2388/P
Installation of 11 x awnings to Shaftesbury Avenue and Dyott Street elevations.
219-229 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8EJ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2389/T
IN GROUNDS: Group of large Viburnums (G1) - Trim all in group hard back up to 30cm. To shape balance and control dimensions. T1: Sorbus (T1) - Remove broken or weak branches within crown Group of Pyracantha (G2) - Trim all hard back to tidy and control encroachment (up to 1.3m). 1 x London Plane (T2) - Reduce back to previous and most recent pollard points. Group of Bay & Small Birch (G5) - Trim back by approx. 1.2m to clear fence line of the court.
Shaft At St Christophers School 32 Belsize Lane London NW3 5AE
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2391/P
Erection of a single storey rear extension following the demolition of the existing conservatory, to the rear elevation at lower-ground floor level.
26 Swinton Street London WC1X 9NX
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Withdrawn2026/2393/P
Single storey ground floor rear extension.
22 Marquis Road London NW1 9UB
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2394/L
Proposed internal party wall opening between No.103 and 104 in basement area
104 Great Russell Street London Camden WC1B 3LA
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Final Decision2026/2396/A
Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign (lettering only) and LED trough lights to illuminate the fascia sign.
154-156 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8JT
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2397/L
Remedial structural works to stabilise settlement and cracking. Including underpinning, crack repair and floor restraints.
2 & 3 Charrington Street London NW1 1RS
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2398/L
Remedial structural works to stabilise settlement and cracking. Including underpinning, crack repair and floor restraints.
1 Charrington Street London NW1 1RS
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Registered2026/2399/P
Variation of conditions to planning permission ref. 2022/4469/P (for change of use of first floor commercial floorspace to residential use and erection of a two storey (plus basement) extension fronting Britannia Street comprising commercial floorspace at basement and ground floors and 5 residential units at first floor; public realm works on 05/12/2024) to amend the configuration of the ground floor including the location of the cycle storage from inside to outside the building, residential staircase doors and entrance lobby, creation of a single commercial unit at ground floor level, increasing the amount of commercial floorspace, removing the level change at the entrance, introducing entrances from Britannia Street into the commercial unit, reconfiguration of the basement to create separate commercial spaces without the level changes, internal alterations to flats 1, 2, 4 and 5 at first floor level, relocation of the first floor riser, movement of a stairwell door to minimise levels differences, the introduction of an AOV to address fire requirements, the introduction of a first floor lift door and external changes to switch balcony sliding doors for swing doors.
340 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8BG
Received 22 Sept 2026 - Final Decision2026/2400/T
DD 5 Day Notice (TPO REF: C1258 2021) REAR GARDEN: 1 x Poplar (T1) -Remove 2 Fallen Limbs resting on garage roof, and 2 lateral and vertical limbs into sound wood.
Elm Tree House 13 Netherhall Gardens London NW3 5RN
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2401/T
FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Bay hedge (H1) - Reduce by 0.5m and trim back to boundary line. REAR GARDEN: 1 x Laurel hedge (H2) - Face up by 0.25m. Group of Ligustrum (G4) - Reduce by 2m approx. 1 x Laurel hedge (H5) - Trim side boundary by 0.25m.
2A Kidderpore Avenue London NW3 7SP
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2403/T
FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Apple (T1) - Height reduction of 0.5m and shape.
4 Belsize Park Gardens London NW3 4LD
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Withdrawn2026/2405/T
SIDE GARDEN: 1 x Unknown (T1) - Prune back tight to wall as much and high as possible, 2m.
12 Makepeace Avenue London N6 6EJ
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2406/P
Retention of Flat 1 (1-bed dwelling) and amalgamation of Flats 2 and 3 to create one, 2-bed dwelling. Changes to external appearance including the installation of two windows to rear elevation, two cowls to the roof, three replacement rooflights and associated works.
23 Dartmouth Park Hill London NW5 1HP
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2407/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Bay (T1) - Reduce height by 50%, 2m-. 1 x Magonlia grandiflora (T2) - Reduce height and width back to previous points.
21 Rudall Crescent London NW3 1RR
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Registered2026/2408/L
Addition of a new section of metal railings with the standard height of 1000mm (retrospective).
University of London Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AL
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2410/P
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 2024/4610/P dated 18/12/2024 (Erection of rear dormer and installation of rooflights to front roofslope), namely to raise the roof ridge by approximate 140mm to facilitate minor adjustments to the approved rear dormer.
Flat Upper 87 Burghley Road London NW5 1UH
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Final Decision2026/2411/P
Alterations to flat roof covering with increase in roof height.
Sherrifs House 14 Long Yard London WC1N 3LU
Received 25 Jun 2026
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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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