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Camden.

Camden is a London borough with an approval rate of 91% across 12,736 substantive planning decisions spanning 38 wards. Most decisions here are made under delegation rather than at committee.[1]

Inner London38 wards273 appeals98% delegatedSave
Camden · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
At a glance · tap a metric to drill into this boroughAll investigations →
What wins here — Camden's policy playbook[3]

What Camden actually approves — its whole decision record, by application type — and the grounds its committee refuses on. Click through for the refusal grounds and the policies cited in the minutes.

Full / major
Conditions
Listed
Householder
Data from publicly available Camden planning records and committee minutes 2020-01 – 2026-05.
Case officers
Officer
Active
Applications
Approval rate
Mostly decides
Active
531
88%
Full / major planning
Active
483
87%
Full / major planning
Active
450
95%
Full / major planning
Active
419
95%
Full / major planning
Active
391
93%
Full / major planning
Active
372
87%
Full / major planning
Active
360
95%
Listed building
Active
355
93%
Full / major planning
Active
352
86%
Full / major planning
Active
344
87%
Full / major planning
Active
336
76%
Full / major planning
to 2024-03
313
93%
Full / major planning
Active
531
88%
Full / major planning
Active
483
87%
Full / major planning
Active
450
95%
Full / major planning
Show all 12 rows
Active
419
95%
Full / major planning
Active
391
93%
Full / major planning
Active
372
87%
Full / major planning
Active
360
95%
Listed building
Active
355
93%
Full / major planning
Active
352
86%
Full / major planning
Active
344
87%
Full / major planning
Active
336
76%
Full / major planning
to 2024-03
313
93%
Full / major planning

Approval rates per officer, 2020–2026. Based on decided applications only. All Camden officers →

Planning committee members
Councillor
Ward
Party
Active
Cttee votes
Leaning
Regent's Park
Labour
Active
26
subscribers
Camden Town
Labour
Active
19
subscribers
Camden Town
Labour
Active
14
subscribers
Belsize
Liberal Democrat
Active
8
subscribers
Bloomsbury
Labour
Active
7
subscribers
Labour
to 2020-09
6
subscribers
Holborn & Covent Garden
Labour
to 2023-12
5
subscribers
Kilburn
Labour
to 2025-03
5
subscribers
Regent's Park
Labour
Active
26
subscribers
Camden Town
Labour
Active
19
subscribers
Camden Town
Labour
Active
14
subscribers
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Belsize
Liberal Democrat
Active
8
subscribers
Bloomsbury
Labour
Active
7
subscribers
Labour
to 2020-09
6
subscribers
Holborn & Covent Garden
Labour
to 2023-12
5
subscribers
Kilburn
Labour
to 2025-03
5
subscribers

Councillors on Camden's planning committee, by their recorded committee votes. “Leaning” = whether they tend to vote to approve or refuse. Full voting records →

Wards — ranked
Ward
Applications
Approval rate
Refusal rate
167
95%
5.4%
303
94%
6.4%
1,357
93%
6.7%
1,257
93%
7.0%
834
92%
8.0%
400
92%
8.4%
554
91%
9.0%
444
91%
9.1%
296
91%
9.5%
310
90%
9.9%
700
90%
9.9%
387
90%
10.2%
307
90%
10.5%
377
89%
10.6%
217
89%
10.9%
331
89%
11.5%
427
88%
11.6%
153
88%
12.4%
419
86%
13.9%
141
83%
16.5%
148
82%
17.9%
167
95%
5.4%
303
94%
6.4%
1,357
93%
6.7%
Show all 27 rows
1,257
93%
7.0%
834
92%
8.0%
400
92%
8.4%
554
91%
9.0%
444
91%
9.1%
296
91%
9.5%
310
90%
9.9%
700
90%
9.9%
387
90%
10.2%
307
90%
10.5%
377
89%
10.6%
217
89%
10.9%
331
89%
11.5%
427
88%
11.6%
153
88%
12.4%
419
86%
13.9%
141
83%
16.5%
148
82%
17.9%

Click the map above to explore spatially, or a row to open the ward profile.

Consultant performance
Consultant
Applications
Approval rate
1. Gerald Eve LLP
280
100%
2. SM Planning
226
86%
3. Montagu Evans LLP
160
98%
4. Savills (UK) Ltd.
129
93%
5. Iceni Projects Ltd
105
97%
6. Rolfe Judd Planning
103
99%
7. Costain Skanska HS2 South EW Joint Venture
86
100%
8. Bucket and Spade Developments Ltd
79
87%
1. Gerald Eve LLP
280
100%
2. SM Planning
226
86%
3. Montagu Evans LLP
160
98%
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4. Savills (UK) Ltd.
129
93%
5. Iceni Projects Ltd
105
97%
6. Rolfe Judd Planning
103
99%
7. Costain Skanska HS2 South EW Joint Venture
86
100%
8. Bucket and Spade Developments Ltd
79
87%

Rankings based on applications submitted and decided. Performance from public planning records.

At a glance[2]
BoroughCamden
London approval avg81%
London overturn avg26%
Total appeals273
Appeals allowed72 (26.4%)
Conditions / approval3.59
Local plan

The adopted Camden Local Plan (targets, CIL, plan period) is a separate source still being loaded. What the record already shows: which applications win here, and the grounds refusals cite.

What wins →

Sources & method
  1. [1]Approval rates, decision times, delegation and ward breakdowns — London Borough of Camden planning register and published decision notices, 2020–2026. · methodology
  2. [2]London benchmarks, appeal overturn rates, appeals allowed and costs awarded — Planning Inspectorate (PINS) published appeal decisions. · PINS appeals casework
  3. [3]“What wins here” — Camden’s substantive decision record grouped by application type; committee refusal grounds and cited policies coded from published committee minutes.
  4. [4]Condition load — mean effective conditions attached to Camden grant/split decision notices, parsed from the published notice text (417 high-confidence notices).
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.