Camden Planning Applications

Review Camden planning permission trends by ward, including applications, approval rate and average weeks to decision.

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Camden Planning Trends

Camden recorded 2,019 planning applications in this London planning dataset, including 1,402 applications with an approval or refusal decision. Its approval rate is 87.0%, 1.8 percentage points above the London average (higher than average).

Approved applications in Camden took 11.5 weeks on average. That is 2.9 weeks above the London average (slower than average). The ward with the most applications in this dataset is Holborn and Covent Garden, with 254 applications.

Total decisions

1,402

Approval rate

87.0%

Weeks to decision

11.5


Camden total	1,402	87.0% 87.0%	11.5
St Pancras and Somers Town	19	100.0% 100.0%	9.2
Hampstead Town	127	93.7% 93.7%	11.3
Kilburn	28	92.9% 92.9%	8.6
Gospel Oak	53	92.5% 92.5%	9.7
Bloomsbury	145	92.4% 92.4%	14.1
Kentish Town North	39	92.3% 92.3%	12.4
South Hampstead	71	91.5% 91.5%	11.1
Fortune Green	54	88.9% 88.9%	11.3
Primrose Hill	70	88.6% 88.6%	11.8
Camden Square	33	87.9% 87.9%	15.4
Highgate	78	87.2% 87.2%	9.9
Belsize	126	86.5% 86.5%	10.8
Holborn and Covent Garden	166	86.1% 86.1%	11.3
Kentish Town South	45	84.4% 84.4%	11.1
Kings Cross	53	83.0% 83.0%	10.2
West Hampstead	58	81.0% 81.0%	9.7
Frognal	66	80.3% 80.3%	14.7
Camden Town	74	78.4% 78.4%	11.3
Haverstock	38	76.3% 76.3%	11.5
Regents Park	55	74.5% 74.5%	11.0

Source: Planning London Datahub. Data covers period April 2025 to July 2026. Approval rate excludes applications still awaiting a decision.

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