QCNF have been calling on Camden Council to acknowledge and address the cumulative impact of the developments that it is proposing in our area: Wending, Bacton and West Kentish Town Estates, in conjunction with the development of the Murphy site and Regis Road Industrial Area.
The image above shows the developments colour coded:
YELLOW is the previous planning application scheme for Murphy site (withdrawn in 2022 and expected to be resubmitted soon with slightly reduced height).
PINK, the ‘Camden Film Quarter’ proposals by Yoo Capital- the top of the film studio building is 15m higher than Parliament Hill.
RED, the housing to be delivered by Joseph Homes recently consulted upon.
ORANGE, the demolition and rebuilding of West Kentish Town Estate, with a 20 yearlong construction period, permission for which was granted on 11.12.25.
MAUVE, the proposal for Bacton Estate, where the Council demolished 99 council homes in 2018 and has now entered into an agreement with a developer to build 468 homes, 71% of which will be unaffordable.
Not shown is the demolition and rebuilding of Wendling Estate next to Bacton, which is expected to be similar.
The following plan shows the expected increase in population including the sites associated with the Camden Goods Yard:
WEST KENTISH TOWN ESTATE
Camden Council’s scheme for the demolition and rebuilding of West Kentish Town Estate has been granted planning permission, despite the harm that will occur as a result to surrounding homes. QCNF joined others in making a deputation to the Planning Committee on 11th December 2025. You can read the deputation here:
Planning officers continued to reinforce the applicant’s claims that the community had been consulted, when this is patently untrue, witnessed by the shock that people experienced when they learned about the application.
The full objections made by local groups are here:
QUEEN’S CRESCENT NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CNVfZRDG4DpqS4tyb1LYdsL4PpDSTowO/view?usp=sharing
Response to Newmark: https://drive.google.com/file/d/180TbaivENsvD_Ea8VqL4O35MGuAc4ROk/view?usp=sharing
KENTISH TOWN NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i70TNzbDh47cNBM38wC-4Ceif0tbbuHW/view?usp=sharing
WEST KENTISH TOWN CAAC https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CzktXaZhFsAaFZtA9IDbqF4eitxcRVD5/view?usp=sharing
GROUP OF RESIDENTS https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hrg6m3msqxLNFWyvCt-zw-wSau5JL5JB/view?usp=sharing
FRIENDS OF QUEEN’S CRESCENT https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JbB_qMbmiKe3qiJTQSCAfC5flIQV7Z-8/view?usp=sharing
THE HEATH AND HAMPSTEAD SOCIETY https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LYKEJ28TajiWDV0HUBgQy6nmmL7vRxby/view?usp=sharing
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BACTON ESTATE REDEVELOPMENT– UPDATE
Camden delivered the 1st phase of the Bacton Estate redevelopment themselves with 67 high quality homes. However, in 2022 the Council entered into a ‘private development agreement’ with developer Mount Anvil to build on the original Bacton Low-rise site, where original 99 council homes stood (demolished 2018).
The first scheme presented to the public by Mount Anvil in October 2024 proposed a total of 447 homes (a 450% increase compared to the original), 75% of which to be high-cost flats for private sale.
The second scheme presented by Mount Anvil nearly a year later, has increased the total number of homes to 468. The following photos are from the consultation event held on 25th September 2025:
When asked why Mount Anvil was not including any community space in the development, the consultant said Camden’s planners said that there was sufficient in the area. Given that the three estate redevelopments in our area will result in around 3,600 additional people, and there is at present a deficit of community space, this is not true.
The developer has submitted a planning application for an Environmental Impact Assessment ‘Scoping Opinion’, details of which can be seen here.
QCNF’s submission to the EIA Scoping Opinion is here:
Bacton Towers Action is the campaign group co-ordinating a community response to the Council’s proposals. See their website here: https://bactontowersaction.org.
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WENDLING AND ST. STEPHEN’S CLOSE
Camden’s proposal to knock down the existing 241 homes and rebuild with 650-750 homes was approved by residents of the estate in a ballot in 2021. In August 2025 Camden Council announced that it intends to “partner with a private development organisation” to redevelop the estate. They are planning to get Cabinet approval for this Joint Venture early 2026.
The existing homes could be refurbished, with additional council homes added to the estate as the proposal developed by Peter Barber Architects.
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MURPHY’S YARD
The planning application for the Murphy site has been withdrawn. The proposed scheme had many problems: over-bearing, high-rise development impacting of the east side of the QCNF forum area, including Oak Village, Meru Close, Hemingway Close, Kiln Place, Cressfield Close and Kentish Town City Farm. The extra traffic on Mansfield Road resulting from scheme would have been terrible.
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REGIS ROAD INDUSTRIAL AREA
A planning application by Yoo Capital has been made: 2025/4861/P. The deadline for comments is 28th December.
See following blogs for information about the scheme: https://westkentishtown.org/2025/12/19/yoo-capitals-pitch/ https://westkentishtown.org/2025/11/11/regis-towers-ii/
In order to facilitate this scheme a large part of the existing police station is to be demolished and the London Met will move into new premises on the site the existing Section House. The planning application for this is planning reference 2025/5479/P.
Because the Yoo scheme takes half of the Metropolitan Police site, they have to build a podium for parking at 1st floor level, overlooking Holmes Road.
JUNIPER CRESCENT
The Housing Association that owns this estate has applied for planning permission to demolish it and rebuild with? homes. This is a scandal as it was only built 28 years ago, see here. The scheme won awards at the time.
The planning application ref number is
CAMDEN GOODS YARD
The development of Camden Goods Yard following demolition of Morrisons supermarket is under construction. The site is being massively overdeveloped and is likely to cause problems in the future. St George (part of Berkley Homes group) has recently applied to reduce the number of affordable homes they need to provide as part of the scheme. Refused by Camden Council this has been subject of an appeal, the conclusion of which will be known in January 2026.