A plan to develop a large mixed-use building scheme in the Murphy’s Yard area has been submitted to Camden Council planning offices for ‘outline approval’. This is a request for approval of the basic plan for the overall site - setting targets for the type of uses of the site, the number of residential properties, the height and density of the buildings, and their placement across the designated area. The owners of the site are Folgate Estates, the development arm of Murphy’s building contractors.

Many communities surrounding the site, such as Lissenden Gardens, will be directly affected by the proposed redevelopment. All the considerations that have been made by Folgate regarding the community can be read in the planning proposals submitted. However, the document is incredibly lengthy and written in industry-speak, and can be hard to decipher for many readers.

The Dartmouth Park Neighbourhood Forum has produced an excellent 4 page summary to help clarify the proposals. It can be found here on their website https://dpnf.org.uk/. This includes pros and cons of the current proposals, and is a great starting point for those who would like to submit their views to the council.

The deadline to comment on the Outline Planning proposals for Murphy’s Yard has now closed.