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London Borough of Camden planning intelligence

Local Plan stage, adopted plan, plan period and published housing position for London Borough of Camden, read from the national planning data platform on 20/09/2026.

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Local Plan stage

Adopted

The adopted plan has passed its five-year review point, which affects the weight it carries.

Five-year supply

5.0years

Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets

Housing Delivery Test

63%

Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets

Annual housing requirement

1,120homes pa

Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets

Plan-making and delivery position

How favourable is this authority's position for promoting land right now?

  • Local Plan progressAdopted

    The plan has been formally adopted and forms part of the statutory development plan. Authorities must review plans at least every five years.

  • Five-year housing land supply5.0 years

    At or above the five-year requirement on the published position.

  • Housing Delivery Test63% delivered

    Below 75% — the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.

  • Evidence coverage held91%

    4 planning documents indexed for this authority.

What does this mean?

Read the plan stage first: allocation routes narrow considerably once a plan reaches examination.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, MHCLG Housing Delivery Test and authority evidence base · Updated: Sept 2026 · Confidence: 91% evidence coverage

Local Plan stage

Adopted

The plan has been formally adopted and forms part of the statutory development plan. Authorities must review plans at least every five years.

Submitting land: Promote through the next review, or on planning-balance grounds now.

The adopted plan has passed its five-year review point with no more advanced plan published, which affects the weight it carries in decision-making.

Published position

Local Plan stage
Adopted

The plan has been formally adopted and forms part of the statutory development plan. Authorities must review plans at least every five years.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence) · dated 2017-07-03

Adopted development plan
Camden Local Plan 2016-2031

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence) · dated 2017-07-03

Emerging Local Plan
Data currently unavailable

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence)

Plan period
2016 to 2031

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence)

Housing figure in the plan document
16,800 homes

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence)

Annual housing requirement
1120 homes a year

Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2024-10-09

Five-year housing land supply
5 years

Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2024-10-09

Housing Delivery Test
63%

Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2026-08-17

Plan documents held nationally
4

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence)

Where a figure has not been published in our sources it is shown as data currently unavailable. It is never inferred or estimated.

Development pressure & opportunity outlook

A 0-100 index of how much pressure London Borough of Camden is under to release new land, built only from published evidence, followed by what that evidence means for promoting land here over the next 12-24 months.

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Ask the Local Plan reader

Ask a question about London Borough of Camden's indexed planning documents and get an answer with document, page and policy citations — never a summary without a source you can check.

What this means for a landowner

The plan stage tells you whether allocation is still realistically available. Early stages — evidence gathering and Regulation 18 — are when sites are selected, so a Call for Sites submission has the greatest effect. Once a plan reaches Regulation 19 or examination, the practical routes narrow to soundness representations, the next plan review, or an application relying on the authority's land supply position.

The housing figures matter for the same reason. An authority that cannot demonstrate a five-year supply, or that falls below the Housing Delivery Test thresholds, applies the presumption in favour of sustainable development differently — which is what practitioners mean by the tilted balance.

Common questions

What stage is the London Borough of Camden Local Plan at?
Adopted. The plan has been formally adopted and forms part of the statutory development plan. Authorities must review plans at least every five years.
Can I still submit land to London Borough of Camden?
Promote through the next review, or on planning-balance grounds now.
Can London Borough of Camden demonstrate a five-year housing land supply?
The published position is 5 years. Figures move as monitoring is updated, so always check the authority's latest statement.

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This assessment is an automated planning intelligence report based on available public data. It does not constitute planning, legal, valuation or other professional advice and does not guarantee that planning permission will be granted.