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Camden: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

Read on 24 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

London Borough of Camden: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000007.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Open consultations

Listed automatically from the council’s own consultation site, refreshed daily. Standing surveys open for more than a year are left out.

Housing

Camden's Submission Draft Local Plan sets a target of at least 11,550 additional homes over 2026/27 to 2040/41.

“a target to deliver a total of at least 11,550 additional homes over the plan period 2026/27 to 2040/41”

Camden Council, 30 September 2025. Read 24 September 2026. Document: 'Submission Draft Camden Local Plan Housing Trajectory 2026-2040 and Five Year Housing Land Supply 2026-2030' (30 September 2025). The same note states the London Plan 2021 target of 1,038 homes per year applies to 31 March 2029 and 703 homes per year thereafter.

The adopted Camden Local Plan 2017 provides for 16,800 additional homes from 2016/17 to 2030/31.

“16,800 additional homes in the borough from 2016/17 to 2030/31. This equates to 1,120 homes annually.”

Camden Council, 1 December 2025. Read 24 September 2026. Housing Delivery Test Action Plan, December 2025 (day of month not shown).

Local plans on the national planning register Updated automatically

MHCLG planning data platform (planning.data.gov.uk), as supplied by the council; Open Government Licence. Stages are as recorded there, and some entries are old: each shows when the council last updated it.

Transport

Camden consulted, from 13 July to 23 August 2026, on making the trial pedestrianisation of Camden High Street permanent.

“We are consulting on making the trial pedestrianisation on Camden High Street Permanent”

Camden Council, 13 July 2026. Read 24 September 2026. Consultation 'Camden High Street Permanent Pedestrianisation Consultation', opened 13 Jul 2026, closed 23 Aug 2026.

Traffic and highways orders published in The Gazette (last four months) Updated automatically

8 more

The Gazette, the official public record (Open Government Licence). Titles are the orders’ own names. Councils outside London usually publish these in local newspapers instead, so an empty list here does not mean no orders were made.

Council tax

Band D set by Camden for 2026–27: £1,697.04 of a £2,207.55 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

Camden's 2026/27 council tax guide states council tax is being raised by 4.99%.

“This includes raising council tax by 4.99%.”

Camden Council, undated. Read 24 September 2026. Page: 'Guide to Camden's Council Tax and Business Rates 2026/27'. Same page: 'Council Tax at band D equivalent £1,696.61'. MHCLG Table 10 gives Camden's Band D (excluding GLA) for 2026-27 as 1,697.04.gov.uk returns 403 to direct requests.

Environment

Camden has set a target for the borough to be carbon net zero by 2030.

“We have set an ambitious target for the borough to become carbon net zero by 2030.”

Camden Council, undated. Read 24 September 2026.

Education

No current proposal to change local schools was found on Camden's website. Where we looked

Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 0 opened, 1 closed (1 closure)

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Camden reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Camden: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education services£261.4 million
Highways and transport services−£17.3 million
Children's social care£92.6 million
Adult social care£152.9 million
Public health£37.1 million
Housing services (general fund only)£54.4 million
Cultural and related services£12.4 million
Environmental and regulatory services£35.9 million
Planning and development services£8.4 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£46.4 million
Other services£27.4 million
Total service expenditure£711.6 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Life in Camden: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: Camden.

People living here
216,658 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
33 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£72,346 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£880 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
27.3% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£798,486 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
14.5 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women
59.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
59.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
4.7 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
95.2% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
377.5 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
40,825 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Camden from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

This council’s area is covered by the Greater London Authority, with the Mayor of London.

55 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 30, Green Party (E&W) 11, Liberal Democrats 10, Conservative and Unionist 3, Camden People's Alliance 1.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 55 councillors, by ward
  • Judy Dixey (Liberal Democrats) — Belsize
  • Matthew Kirk (Liberal Democrats) — Belsize
  • Tom Simon (Liberal Democrats) — Belsize
  • Adam Harrison (Labour Party) — Bloomsbury
  • Lilac Carr (Green Party (E&W)) — Bloomsbury
  • Sabrina Francis (Labour Party) — Bloomsbury
  • Patricia Leman (Labour Party) — Camden Square
  • Sagal Abdi-Wali (Labour Party) — Camden Square
  • Matt Cooper (Labour Party) — Camden Town
  • Patricia Callaghan (Labour Party) — Camden Town
  • Farrell Monk (Liberal Democrats) — Fortune Green
  • Nancy Jirira (Liberal Democrats) — Fortune Green
  • William Coles (Liberal Democrats) — Fortune Green
  • Juliette Graham (Conservative and Unionist) — Frognal
  • Steve Adams (Conservative and Unionist) — Frognal
  • Larraine Revah (Labour Party) — Gospel Oak
  • Marcus Boyland (Labour Party) — Gospel Oak
  • Richard Atkins (Green Party (E&W)) — Gospel Oak
  • Linda Chung (Liberal Democrats) — Hampstead Town
  • Stephen Stark (Conservative and Unionist) — Hampstead Town
  • Kemi Atolagbe (Labour Party) — Haverstock
  • Nasrine Djemai (Labour Party) — Haverstock
  • Rebecca Filer (Labour Party) — Haverstock
  • Anna Wright (Labour Party) — Highgate
  • Camron Aref-Adib (Labour Party) — Highgate
  • Lorna Russell (Green Party (E&W)) — Highgate
  • Hamza Chowdhury (Green Party (E&W)) — Holborn & Covent Garden
  • James White (Green Party (E&W)) — Holborn & Covent Garden
  • Jim Monahan (Green Party (E&W)) — Holborn & Covent Garden
  • James Slater (Labour Party) — Kentish Town North
  • Sylvia McNamara (Labour Party) — Kentish Town North
  • Annabelle Williams (Labour Party) — Kentish Town South
  • Joseph Ball (Labour Party) — Kentish Town South
  • Meric Apak (Labour Party) — Kentish Town South
  • Andre Lopez-Turner (Green Party (E&W)) — Kilburn
  • Ash Atkinson (Green Party (E&W)) — Kilburn
  • Eddie Hanson (Labour Party) — Kilburn
  • Jonathan Simpson (Labour Party) — King's Cross
  • Liam Martin-Lane (Labour Party) — King's Cross
  • Lotis Bautista (Labour Party) — King's Cross
  • Dan Corby (Labour Party) — Primrose Hill
  • Lauren Keiles (Labour Party) — Primrose Hill
  • Suleiman Osman (Labour Party) — Primrose Hill
  • Muhammad Abu Naser (Green Party (E&W)) — Regent's Park
  • Ruman Jaigirdar (Green Party (E&W)) — Regent's Park
  • Victoria Mery (Green Party (E&W)) — Regent's Park
  • Arun Kumar (Labour Party) — South Hampstead
  • Francesca Reynolds (Labour Party) — South Hampstead
  • Izzy Lenga (Labour Party) — South Hampstead
  • Samata Khatoon (Labour Party) — St Pancras & Somers Town
  • Shah Bakth (Camden People's Alliance) — St Pancras & Somers Town
  • Shah Miah (Labour Party) — St Pancras & Somers Town
  • Aarti Wadhwani (Liberal Democrats) — West Hampstead
  • Janet Grauberg (Liberal Democrats) — West Hampstead
  • Patrick Stillman (Liberal Democrats) — West Hampstead

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers could not be read automatically (the site blocks or did not answer), so decisions and motions are not listed here; the meeting papers hold them.

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