Policy information sourced from Camden Local Plan

G1 Delivery and Location of Growth

The Council will create the conditions for growth to deliver the homes, jobs, infrastructure and facilities to meet Camden’s identified needs and harness the benefits for those who live and work in the borough.

Delivery of growth

The Council will deliver growth by securing high quality development and promoting the most efficient use of land and buildings in Camden by:

  • supporting development that makes best use of its site, taking into account quality of design, its surroundings, sustainability, amenity, heritage, transport accessibility and any other considerations relevant to the site;
  • resisting development that makes inefficient use of Camden’s limited land;
  • expecting the provision of a mix of uses where appropriate, in particular in the most accessible parts of the borough, including an element of self-contained housing where possible; and
  • supporting a mix of uses either on site or across multiple sites as part of an agreed coordinated development approach, where it can be demonstrated that this contributes towards achieving the strategic objectives and delivers the greatest benefit to the key priorities of the Plan.

Growth in Camden will be expected to help contribute towards achieving the strategic objectives of the Local Plan and help deliver the Council’s priorities set out in supporting text below.

This Plan seeks to meet Camden’s objectively assessed needs to 2031 for:

  • 16,800 additional homes (see Policy H1 Maximising housing supply);
  • 695,000sqm of office floorspace (see Policy E1 Economic development); and
  • c30,000sqm of retail floorspace (see Policy TC1 Quantity and location of retail development).

Development will take place throughout the borough with the most significant growth expected to be delivered through:

  • a concentration of development in the growth areas of, King’s Cross, Euston, Tottenham Court Road, Holborn, West Hampstead Interchange and Kentish Town Regis Road;
  • development at other highly accessible locations, in particular Central London and the town centres of Camden Town, Finchley Road / Swiss Cottage, Kentish Town, Kilburn High Road and West Hampstead; and
  • the Council’s Community Investment Programme (CIP).

The Council identifies and provides guidance on the main development opportunity sites in the borough through our Camden Site Allocations and Area Action Plans.

The Council will require development in the growth areas, other highly accessible and CIP areas to be consistent with the area priorities and principles set out below.

For more information please see the Local Plan