Neighbourhood planning

Our neighbourhood planning map shows approved areas and forums and adopted neighbourhood plans across the borough.

Please see below for more information about each neighbourhood area and forum.

• Camley Street
• Church Row and Perrins Walk
• Dartmouth Park
• Drummond Street
• Fitzrovia East
• Fortune Green and West Hampstead
• Kentish Town
• Kilburn
• Mount Pleasant 
• Hampstead
• Highgate
• Redington and Frognal
• Somers Town

Adopted plans become part of the statutory ‘development plan’, These will be used alongside the Council’s own adopted planning documents when making decisions on planning applications in a neighbourhood area.

• Kentish Town plan
• Fortune Green and West Hampstead plan
• Highgate plan  
• Hampstead plan
• Dartmouth Park plan
• Camley Street plan
• Redington Frognal plan
• Kilburn plan

Your community can influence the future of your neighbourhood by preparing a neighbourhood plan. This should set out the vision for your local area and give general planning policies to guide developments.

Please see below for guidance to help your community decide whether to get involved in neighbourhood planning. It will also help you to prepare a plan if you do.

Advice on preparing neighbourhood plans (PDF)

• Fact Sheet 1: Neighbourhood Forum and Area application checklist  (PDF)
• Fact Sheet 2: Basic Conditions for Neighbourhood Plans (PDF)
• Fact Sheet 3: Strategic Environmental Assessment  (PDF)

There are also various neighbourhood planning toolkits available through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government website.  

Contact us at [email protected] if:

• you have any further questions on neighbourhood planning
• you are thinking of preparing a neighbourhood plan for your area.

There is an application to redesignate Redington and Frognal Forum. Details can be found here. The consultation closes on 12 March 2026