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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 dates74,019Searchable applications
1,097Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 52,050 approved or refused records
5,071Refused applications
46,979 approved · 5,071 refused · 5,494 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2010 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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More application records
- Final Decision2024/1113/T
REAR GARDEN: 2 x Limes (T1 & T2) - Crown reduction back to previous reduction points.
11 Well Walk London NW3 1BY
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1114/T
REAR GARDEN: 2 x London Planes (T1 & T2) - Prune back to previous points.
9 Prince Arthur Road London NW3 6AX
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1115/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Bird Cherry (Prunus avium) (crs.1) - Fell to ground level and treat stump with herbicide.
5 Crestfield Street London WC1H 8AT
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1118/T
(TPO REF C1015 2012) FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Pine (T1) - Lightly thin upper areas to reduce wind purchase on the crown.
5 Ranulf Road London NW2 2BT
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1120/L
Replacement of roof fenestration, namely installation of new rooflights and railing
11 Grand Union Walk London NW1 9LP
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1122/P
Demolition of existing garages and the erection of 2 x dwellinghouses (Class C3) with excavation of basement, associated amenity space, four new garage spaces, front and rear landscaping and associated works.
Frognal Garages on land west of Ashley Court Frognal Lane London NW3 7DX
Received 13 May 2024 - Final Decision2024/1123/P
Replacement of existing exit doors with automatic sliding doors and relocation of main entrance, alterations to fenestrations and replacement of old plant equipment with new units.
Waitrose John Barnes 199 Finchley Road London NW3 6NN
Received 13 May 2024 - Final Decision2024/1124/P
Convert the vacant first and second floors to 2 x HMO units; alterations to the front and rear facades including replacement of shopfronts and replacement/removal of windows.
16 Chalk Farm Road London NW1 8AG
Received 16 May 2024 - Final Decision2024/1133/P
Non-material amendment to planning permission ref: 2023/1001/P, dated 08/08/2023 for installation of railings and external lighting around perimeter of site. Replacement bin store and replacement doors on main building, namely to move the refuse bins and add a section of boundary treatment.
The Towers 39 Dartmouth Park Avenue London Camden NW5 1JP
Received 16 May 2024 - Final Decision2024/1134/T
FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Bay (T3) - Reduce crown by up to approx. 1.5m all around as is practicable. 1 x Fig (T4) - Fell to as near to ground level as is practicable and treat with systemic herbicide.
2 Elm Row London NW3 1AA
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1135/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Laurel (T1) - Fell to ground level.
41 Savernake Road London NW3 2JU
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1136/T
IN COMMUNAL GARDEN o/s NUMBER 8: 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (T1) - Reduce back to the previous points of reduction approx. 2m - 3m, retaining shortened furnishing growth for crown.
Chalcot Garden Chalcot Gardens London NW3 4YB
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1138/P
Details of NO2 filtration system required by condition 30 of planning permission 2023/1155/P dated 05/07/2023 which varied 2020/3583/P dated 30/07/2021 (for Demolition of 247 Tottenham Court Road, 3 Bayley Street, 1 Morwell Street, 2-3 Morwell Street and 4 Morwell Street and the erection of a mixed use office led development comprising ground plus five storey building for office (Class B1) use, flexible uses at ground and basement (Class A1/A2/A3/B1/D1/D2), residential (Class C3) use, basement excavation, provision of roof terraces, roof level plant equipment and enclosures, cycle parking, public realm and other associated works).
237-247 Tottenham Court Road W1T 7HH; 3 Bayley Street WC1B 3HA; 1 Morwell Street WC1B 3AR; 2-3 Morwell Street WC1B 3AR; and 4 Morwell Street London W1T 7QT
Received 11 May 2024 - Final Decision2024/1141/A
Display of one internally illuminated sign set within canopy (Retrospective).
18 Vine Hill London EC1R 5DZ
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1143/L
Cleaning of stonework to the front facade.
The Dominion Theatre 268-269 Tottenham Court Road London Camden W1T 7AQ
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Final Decision2024/1144/P
Details pursuant to condition 4 (PV solar panels) of planning permission 2022/2340/P, for: External wall insulation to front, rear and north elevation, with window surrounds to front elevation and quoins, replacement of all timber sash windows and doors with double glazed timber sash windows and doors, solar PV panels to front and side roof slopes.
5-7 Belsize Grove London NW3 4UT
Received 13 May 2024 - Final Decision2024/1146/P
External alterations, including demolition and replacement of existing 'link' structure and installation of skylight to mews building; and associated works.
Flat 1 3 Cambridge Gate London NW1 4JX
Received 24 May 2024 - Final Decision2024/1147/P
Repair and overhaul of 50 no. windows to grade II listed London board school building
Rhyl Primary School 7-31 Rhyl Street London NW5 3HB
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1148/P
Repair timber windows with some replacements, doff cleaning to the exterior and repair roof coverings.
New End Primary School Streatley Place London Camden NW3 1HU
Received 14 May 2024 - Final Decision2024/1149/P
Installation of new aluminium windows and doors in the ground floor north west elevation of the infant building (Block C) and south east elevation of the nursery block (Block B).
Fitzjohns Primary School 86 A Fitzjohn's Avenue London Camden NW3 6NP
Received 9 May 2024 - Final Decision2024/1151/L
Replacement of signage to shopfront
Shop And Premises At Ground Floor 234 Shaftesbury Avenue London Camden WC2H 8EG
Received 1 May 2024 - Final Decision2024/1152/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x London Plane (T1) - Re-pollard. Crown reduction by removing all new growth including a further reduction of 2m lower than previous reduction points.
229 Goldhurst Terrace London NW6 3EP
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1153/T
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Lime (T1) - Fell to ground level.
Manor Lodge Vale Of Health London NW3 1BB
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Final Decision2024/1155/P
Erection of a glazed orangery to the rear elevation.
8 Holford Road London NW3 1AD
Received 4 Apr 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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