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01Camden, London

Listed building consent drawings for Camden buildings

Camden decided 402 listed building consent applications to alter or extend in its four most recent quarterly returns, from a list of 1,971 entries. With only 13.3% of households in a house, some requests will concern one flat inside a larger building. Our chartered architectural technologists (MCIAT) draw the existing fabric and the change so the heritage officer can see exactly what the work touches.

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    02The brief

    What we can and cannot say about Camden's test

    Camden's heritage policy sits in the Camden Local Plan, adopted in 2017, and its design guidance is the Design CPG (Camden Planning Guidance). We hold no verified Camden rule that is specific to listed building consent, so we do not quote one.

    National policy supplies the standard: Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance. Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets is the weight the decision gives to conservation.

    Red-brick mansion blocks and shopfronts on a street corner
    Upper floors of a large yellow-brick Victorian house in London with chimney pots
    Photograph: Lorenc Memaga

    03The record

    Local figures for Camden

    Figures with their unit, period and source
    MeasureValuePeriodSource
    NPPF Aug 2026, policy HE5(1)Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importanceNo periodgov.uk
    NPPF Aug 2026, policy HE6(1)Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assetsNo periodgov.uk
    Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 s9(1), s9(4)Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictmentNo periodlegislation.gov.uk
    Concessions: application types with no current fee - Listed Building Consent0 GBPNo periodribblevalley.gov.uk
    Listed building entries1,971 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary)No periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Grade I listed entries57 list entriesNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Grade II* listed entries153 list entriesNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Grade II listed entries1,746 list entriesNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Heritage at Risk entries35 Heritage at Risk Register entries within the LPA boundary (Historic England)No periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Conservation areas40 named conservation areas published by the councilNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Article 4 directions21 Article 4 directions published by the councilNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Households living in a house13.3 % of households living in a house or bungalow (detached, semi-detached or terraced)Census 2021nomisweb.co.uk
    Listed building consent decisions (PS2)402 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Listed building consents granted (PS2)95 % granted2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

    A blank value means the figure has not been published, not that there are none. Check your own address with the council.

    Camden6 neighbouring councils
    Councils bordering Camden

    04The streets

    Householder applications by street in Camden

    Streets in Camden with the most householder applications, and the share approved
    StreetApplicationsApproved
    Crediton Hill2291%
    Belsize Lane1994%
    Elliott Square17100%
    Constantine Road16100%
    King Henry's Road1691%
    Camden Mews1490%
    Elsworthy Road1477%
    Solent Road1492%
    Sumatra Road1493%
    Goldhurst Terrace13100%
    Dartmouth Park Road1290%
    Hillfield Road1282%
    Hollycroft Avenue1280%
    Meadowbank1282%
    Patshull Road12100%

    Counts of householder applications by street; no individual applications are shown. Streets with fewer than five applications are left out.

    GLA Planning London Datahub, householder applications

    05The drawing

    The listed building consent routeA, What the council weighs: Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance. B, The weight given to conservation: Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets. C, Camden: consents decided: 402 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend). D, Camden: consents granted: 95 % granted. E, Works without consent: Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictmentSurvey and significanceHeritage statementDrawings and scheduleCouncil decisionABCDE

    The listed building consent route

    How works to a listed building are consented, from the first survey to the decision.

    A What the council weighs
    Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance
    B The weight given to conservation
    Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets
    C Camden: consents decided
    402 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)
    D Camden: consents granted
    95 % granted
    E Works without consent
    Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment
    The listed house in its terrace3D
    Scroll the page: the model turns with it.

    06The detail

    1,971 list entries

    Historic England records 57 entries at Grade I, 153 at Grade II* and 1,746 at Grade II. 35 entries sit on the Heritage at Risk Register, 16 registered parks and gardens reach into Camden and 1 scheduled monument does.

    The council publishes 40 conservation areas and 21 Article 4 directions covering 21 areas. A listed building can stand inside a conservation area, which then adds its own controls to the listing.

    Flats inside listed buildings

    13.3% of Camden households live in a house and 29.7% own their home, so a consent request can be for one flat in a larger listed building, with a freeholder and neighbours affected. We survey the flat and the common parts it touches, and the drawings mark which parts of the listing the work reaches.

    Whether your works need consent depends on the list entry and what changes, so we read the entry before quoting.

    Decisions, fees and the offence

    Camden granted 95% of the 402 applications decided over those four quarters. The volume is large enough to be a real record, but it describes past cases, not yours.

    Consent carries no council fee, and the national table puts it at £0. Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment.

    Roof, basement and the neighbourhood guides

    A new roof storey is a planning question as well as a consent one: see mansard roof drawings in Camden. A lower floor is covered by basement conversion drawings in Camden.

    Several Camden neighbourhoods have their own guides: Hampstead, Belsize Park and Primrose Hill. The wider route is on the listed building consent drawings hub.

    Planning sheet for a single-storey rear extension: proposed ground floor plan and rear elevation, with the Property Architecture title block
    Sample drawing. Proposed plan and rear elevation from a planning application set, sheet 03 at 1:50.

    07The papers

    What the drawings rest on

    Pencil resting on a dimensioned technical drawing beside a scale ruleArchitectural design
    Photograph: Sven Mieke
    Building regulations section through a rear extension, with the roof, floor, wall and foundation build-ups labelled
    Sample drawing. Section A-A with the build-ups building control checks, sheet 07 at 1:50.

    08Correspondence

    Questions

    Does a flat in a listed building need consent in Camden?

    It can. Whether yours does depends on the list entry and the work, so send us the address and we check the entry before quoting.

    Are garden structures covered by listing in Camden?

    Garden buildings within the curtilage of a listed building are not permitted development. A garden room in a listed building's grounds therefore starts with the consent question.

    Does Camden publish its own rule for listed building consent?

    Heritage policy is in the Local Plan and design guidance in the Camden Planning Guidance documents. We hold no verified Camden rule to quote for consent itself, so we draw to the national test and the list entry.

    Rows of brick terraced houses and gardens on a residential street

    13.3%

    of households living in a house or bungalow (detached, semi-detached or terraced)

    Households living in a house, Camden, Census 2021. Source: nomisweb.co.uk

    Photograph: Altaf Shah

    09Further reading

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    10Sources

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    Send us the address of your house.

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