Policy information sourced from Camden Local Plan

E3 Tourism

The Council recognises the importance of the visitor economy in Camden and will support tourism development and visitor accommodation.

We will:

  • expect new, large-scale tourism development and visitor accommodation to be located in Central London, particularly the growth areas of King’s Cross, Euston, Tottenham Court Road and Holborn;
  • allow smaller-scale visitor accommodation in the town centres of Camden Town, Kilburn, West Hampstead, Kentish Town and Finchley Road/Swiss Cottage;
  • consider tourism development outside of the areas listed above where it would have a local or specialist focus and would attract limited numbers of visitors from outside the borough;
  • encourage large-scale tourism development and visitor accommodation to provide training and employ Camden residents;
  • protect existing visitor accommodation in appropriate locations.

All tourism development and visitor accommodation must:

  • be easily reached by public transport;
  • provide any necessary pickup and set down points for private hire cars and coaches and provide taxi ranks and coach parking where necessary;
  • not harm the balance and mix of uses in the area, local character, residential amenity, services for the local community, the environment or transport systems; and
  • not lead to the loss of permanent residential accommodation.

For more information please see the Local Plan