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As you signed up for updates here you may also be interested in another consultation that is currently taking place and is running until Monday 19th December.

What is the consultation about?

When new building projects take place in Camden, developers may be charged what is known as the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).

This money is used to fund key infrastructure across the borough, including local CIL funding for projects in the areas where the development is happening. These could be improvements to parks, streets or community facilities, for example.

The Council is seeking views and ideas on what local CIL funds could be spent on in your area and you can find out more at:

The Gospel Oak and Haverstock Community Vision was adopted by the Council as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) on the 4th November 2022.

Thanks again for the feedback we received during consultation, which helped us to revise this planning guidance.

You can view the adopted SPD, consultation feedback report and other related documents here:

As you signed up for updates about this you may also be interested in finding out more about the redevelopment proposals for West Kentish Town Estate.

Development Management Forum

Date: Tuesday 6 December

Time: 7pm to 9pm

Place: This is an online meeting. Register to attend at:

Hello, it’s been some time!

Thank you for signing up for updates on the Gospel Oak and Haverstock Community Vision planning guidance and many thanks to those of you who responded.

Following the second stage of consultation which finished earlier this year, in total we had over 250 respondents to the questions asked and to the interactive map with over 600 contributions being made through this platform. Further responses were also received by email and through exhibitions and surveys.

We have used the feedback received to revise the planning guidance which the Council proposes to adopt as a Supplementary Planning Document on 4th November 2022.

Camden Council is developing a Community Vision for Gospel Oak and Haverstock - a planning framework that will help to define a vision for the future of the neighbourhood and support its regeneration. To make sure those changes reflect the wishes of local people, make:good was commissioned to lead community engagement around the development of the Community Vision, involving local residents, businesses, workers, community groups and all other stakeholders who have an interest in the area.

Stage 1 of our programme of engagement ran between October 2020 and July 2021. The earlier months of engagement were almost exclusively online due to Government restrictions around the pandemic, but targeted and effective measures were taken in the latter part of Stage 1 to offer a wider range of ways for people to have their say.

The team have been on guided walks around Gospel Oak and Haverstock with members of key community groups and local residents. Once they were again permitted under Government guidelines, workshops were also arranged in the local community.

Despite a difficult year we heard from 460 residents via the survey and over 200 residents in person on a range of matters of importance for future change in the area.

As part of the Council’s Safer and Healthier Streets programme, we are proposing to make changes on Queen's Crescent in order to trial a motor traffic free environment, to reduce traffic volumes and speeds, support the street market and businesses, and to make more space for social distancing, walking and cycling. Designs have been developed alongside key stakeholders to include new disabled bays and to ensure that access for emergency services is maintained.

The main changes proposed are:

In the first six weeks since launching the community survey we have already seen a fantastic level of response, with over 300 people from the neighbourhood taking the time to tell us what matters most to them.

However, rather than close the survey for comment this week as planned, we have decided to keep it running for a further four weeks to give as many people as possible the chance to have their say at this early stage in the process, before drafting of the Community Vision itself begins.

The survey will now remain open until the 11th January. After which point we will be preparing and publishing the findings from the feedback collected so far.

Dear resident,

Help us shape a Community Vision for the future of Gospel Oak and Haverstock

Last week, Camden Council relaunched its main Commonplace page for this project as well as a new questionnaire to capture feedback on a range of key topics. We are gathering initial feedback until 14th December 2020 that will then be used to form a draft document. The engagement is open to local residents, businesses, workers, community groups and anyone else who has an interest in the area.

You can give your feedback by completing our short survey at: