Ward · London Borough of Camden
Bloomsbury.
Bloomsbury sees an approval rate of 95% — 4 points above the Camden average across 1,026 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 5.5%.[1]
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Bloomsbury · Camden
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1,026
Applications 2020–26
Decided applications
95%
Approval rate
4pp above borough avg (91%)
5.5%
Refusal rate
37th highest of 38
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Camden planning records and committee minutes, 2020–26.
Ward overview
Bloomsbury recorded 1,026 substantive planning decisions over 2020–26, approving 95% of them — 4 percentage points above the Camden borough average of 91%. Its refusal rate of 5.5% is 37th highest of 38.
Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
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.
Sources & method
- [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Camden planning register and published decision notices, 2020–26. · methodology
- [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
- [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
- [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.