Supplementary Planning Guidance
We produce a range of planning guidance to support the Unitary Development Plan (UDP). The guidance gives detailed information about how you can ensure your proposal for planning permission is in line with the policies we have set out in the UDP.
Camden Planning Guidance
Camden Planning Guidance, which gives additional advice and information on how we will apply the policies in the Replacement UDP when we make decisions on planning applications, was adopted on 14 December 2006.
- download: Camden Planning Guidance (PDF 2.5MB)
Other documents
- download: Camden Planning Guidance Adoption Statement (PDF 60KB)
- download: Consultation Statement (PDF 53KB)
- download: Sustainability Appraisal of Camden Planning Guidance (PDF 163KB)
Conservation area statements
Set out our approach to preserving and improving the borough’s conservation areas
Area guidance
Gives advice on how our planning policies will be applied in relation to specific areas within the Borough. You can see the current area guidance available via the links at the bottom of this page.
Planning Briefs
Give guidance relating to specific development sites:
- download: St Giles Court planning brief (PDF 43KB)
- download: 21-31 New Oxford Street planning brief (PDF 253KB)
- download: Denmark Place planning brief (PDF 375KB)
- download: British Library planning brief (PDF 368KB)
- download: Addendum to the British Library planning brief July 2008 (PDF 151KB)
- download: London Electricity Site, 7-15 Whitfield Street planning brief (PDF 304KB)
- download: London Electricity Site, 2-16 Betterton Street planning brief (PDF 451KB)
- download: Phoenix Place planning brief (PDF 242KB)
Green buildings
Advice is available for householders and small businesses on how to improve homes and premises in an environmentally friendly way:
- Camden Green Buildings Guide
- Camden Green Historic Buildings – for buildings in conservation areas
Other guidance
Provides more technical and detailed advice than is appropriate in the UDP:
- Revised Planning Guidance for Central London: Food, Drink and Entertainment, Specialist and Retail Uses
- Supplementary Planning Document for West Hampstead: Retail, Food, Drink and Entertainment Uses
- Planning Guidance for Finchley Road / Swiss Cottage - retail , food, drink and entertainment uses
- Tottenham Court Road Station and St Giles High Street Area Planning Framework
- Revised planning guidance for Camden Town: food, drink and entertainment uses