229 A Finchley Road London Camden NW3 6LS Data via plota.co.uk

2026/4151/P - Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) REGISTERED
Change of use

Proposal

Use as 7 'House in Multiple Occupation' (HMO) units (existing use 12 HMO units) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 30 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 25 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 14 Jan 2027, from Camden's recent changes of use. Comments are open until 24 Oct 2026.

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Site constraints 6

2 Article 4 directions
Commercial, Business, and Service (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) (outside CAZ) · Basements. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: Camden AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Town centre: Finchley Road Town Centre
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Also on the record
Conservation area about 35 m away: Fitzjohns Netherhall; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Camden built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £195,000 in December 1995. Terraced house, freehold.

18 December 1995£195,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Camden
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Postcode
NW3 6LS
Received
around 30 Sept 2026
Validated
30 Sept 2026
Ward
West Hampstead
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
KR Planning

Decision outlook

Day 5 of the 56-day target. Camden usually decides changes of use by day 106.

Day 5101 days to the predicted decision (day 106)
33%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
15%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Camden in the last twelve months, from validation. Camden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
The O2 Masterplan Site 255 Finchley Road London NW3 6LU
Reconfiguration of existing car park to provide a bus turning circle, landscaping works…
2024/3534/P
2024 Withdrawn
Garden Cottage 2 Netherhall Gardens London NW3 5RR
Erection of two dormers to each roof slope, three blind dormers and one dormer with opena…
2024/4531/P
2024 Refused
122 Finchley Road London NW3 5JD
Alterations to shopfront.
2024/4716/P
2024 Approved
Garden Cottage 2 Netherhall Gardens London NW3 5RR
Rear extension including a rear bay window.
2024/3732/P
2024 Approved
2A Netherhall Gardens London NW3 5RR
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Crabapple (T1) - Fell to ground level.
2024/3516/T
2024 Approved
O2 Masterplan Site Finchley Road London NW3 6LU
Installation of temporary substation and associated external works for a period of five y…
2024/2863/P
2024 Refused
122 Finchley Road London NW3 5JD
Alterations to shopfront.
2024/2587/P
2024 Refused
122A Finchley Road London NW3 5HT
Alterations to shopfront.
2024/2588/P
2024 Approved
Garden Cottage 2 Netherhall Gardens London NW3 5RR
Erection of a front porch
2024/1518/P
2024 Withdrawn
122 F Finchley Road London Camden NW3 5HT
Retrospective conversion of first floor from retail storage unit to three self-contained…
2024/1282/P
2024 Approved
4 Netherhall Gardens London NW3 5RR
FRONT GARDEN: 3 x Leylandii (T1) - Prune height & width up to 2.5m & shape. REAR GARDEN…
2024/0648/T
2023 Approved
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REAR GARDEN: 3 x Sycamores (T1 - T3) - Reduce by 2.5m back to previous, most recent reduc…
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2022 Decided
The O2 Masterplan Site, Finchley Road, London, NW3 6LU
RECONSULTATION - DUE TO AMENDMENTS Detailed planning permission for Development Plots N3…
HGY/2022/2572
2023 Approved
6 Canfield Gardens London NW6 3BS
Display of non-illuminated fascia sign and projecting sign
2023/0871/A
2023 Approved
O2 Centre 255 Finchley Road Camden London NW3 6LU
Detailed planning permission for Development Plots N3-E, N4, and N5 and Outline planning…
23/01334/OBS
2023 Approved
The O2 Masterplan Site Finchley Road London NW3 6LU
Detailed planning permission for Development Plots N3-E, N4, and N5 and Outline planning…
23/0847/NAC
2021 Approved
The O2 Centre 255 Finchley Road London NW3 6LU
Request for scoping opinion under Parragraph 4, Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Pla…
2021/2770/P
2022 Approved
Bonema Ltd T/A Rosemary Cafe & Juicery 225 Finchley Road London NW3 6LP
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2022/5235/PVL
2022
Carebrook Ltd t/a Pret a Manger 219 Finchley Road London NW3 6LP
5 Tables and 10 Chairs Monday to Saturday 08:00-19:00 Sunday 08:00-18:00 New Application
2023/0257/PVL
2021 Refused
122 A Finchley Road London NW3 5HT
Retrospective conversion of first floor from retail storage unit to three self-contained…
2021/0195/P
2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
7A Canfield Place LONDON NW6 3BT
Installation of two windows to the rear of ground floor flat.
2016/6839/P
2016 Refused
Regina House 124 Finchley Road LONDON NW3 5HT
Display of an LED internally illuminated digital advertisement sign
2016/1693/A
2016 Approved
The O2 Centre 255 Finchley Road London NW3 6LU
Display of 5 x externally illuminated double sided banners onto existing columns at groun…
2016/3429/A
2016 Withdrawn
The O2 Centre 255 Finchley Road LONDON NW3 6LU
Replacement of the first floor glazing screen with a frameless structural glazing screen…
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Camden
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#231 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Camden is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #242 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Camden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #149 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #215 of 296
49%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #242 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #158 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
467 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
46 decided
1,973
Total decisions
234 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.