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Ward · London Borough of Camden

Gospel Oak.

Gospel Oak sees an approval rate of 89% — 1 points below the Camden average across 833 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 10.6%.[1]

Camden833 applications
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
833
Applications 2010–26
Decided applications
89%
Approval rate
1pp below borough avg (91%)
10.6%
Refusal rate
23rd highest of 38
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Camden planning records and committee minutes, 2010–26.
Ward overview

Gospel Oak recorded 833 substantive planning decisions over 2010–26, approving 89% of them — 1 percentage points below the Camden borough average of 91%. Its refusal rate of 10.6% is 23rd highest of 38.

Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Reference
Address
Type
Outcome
Date
Committee members for this ward
Councillor
Party
Role
Interventions
Success rate
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%

Interventions: formal calls to bring an application before committee. Success rate: percentage where the committee sided with the councillor against officer recommendation.

At a glance[1]
WardGospel Oak
CouncilCamden
Applications833 (2010–26)
Approval rate89%
Refusal rate10.6%
Decision time8.7 wks avg
Ward members2 (both Labour)
Planning constraints[2]
Conservation areas2
Article 4 directions2
Listed buildings17
TPO trees43
Flood zoneZone 1 (low)
Sources & method
  1. [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Camden planning register and published decision notices, 2010–26. · methodology
  2. [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
  3. [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
  4. [4]Application-type mix and refusal grounds — case-officer reports coded against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.