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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.

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

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. Read via WebFetch; could not be re-verified by direct download.

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). Read via WebFetch.

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.

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. Read via WebFetch; camden.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

Who runs the council

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.

Council motions, labelled by the group that proposed them and with the result, are not yet collected for this council; the meeting papers hold them.

Cite this page

Harvard style. Every figure on the page also names its original source, which is usually the better thing to cite.

Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.