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Ward · London Borough of Camden

Holborn & Covent Garden (Pre May 2022).

Holborn & Covent Garden (Pre May 2022) sees an approval rate of 91% across 512 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 9.3%.[1]

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Holborn & Covent Garden (Pre May 2022) · Camden
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512
Applications 2020–23
Decided applications
91%
Approval rate
0pp above borough avg (91%)
9.3%
Refusal rate
22nd highest of 38
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Camden planning records and committee minutes, 2020–23.
Ward overview

Holborn & Covent Garden (Pre May 2022) recorded 512 substantive planning decisions over 2020–23, approving 91% of them — 0 percentage points above the Camden borough average of 91%. Its refusal rate of 9.3% is 22nd highest of 38.

Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Reference
Address
Type
Outcome
Date
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.

At a glance[1]
WardHolborn & Covent Garden (Pre May 2022)
CouncilCamden
Applications512 (2020–23)
Approval rate91%
Refusal rate9.3%
Decision time8.7 wks avg
Ward members2 (both Labour)
Planning constraints[2]
Conservation areas2
Article 4 directions2
Listed buildings17
TPO trees43
Flood zoneZone 1 (low)
Sources & method
  1. [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Camden planning register and published decision notices, 2020–23. · methodology
  2. [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
  3. [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
  4. [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.