255, Finchley Road, London, NW3 6LU
Proposal
Temporary installation of 10 no. padel courts with associated enclosures, erection of an all-weather canopy structure, and associated ancillary facilities (including a clubhouse, sauna building and golf pods) for use as outdoor padel centre (Class F2) for a period of up to 5-years, together with accessible car parking, cycle parking, hard landscaping and other associated works.
- Received
- 19 January 2026
- Decided
- 12 August 2026 · Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- West Hampstead
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- ReceivedSubmitted19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated19 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Aug
Decided in 205 days (council typically 49)
This is a planning application at 255, Finchley Road, London, NW3 6LU. Camden has handled 722 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 63 days. This one was decided in 205 days, 20 weeks longer than Camden's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across West Hampstead. We hold 2,488 applications in total for the NW3 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202615 Sep
Details to discharge Condition 4 (Thames Water Consultation) of planning permission ref. 2026/0201/P
PendingDischarge of conditions2026/3744/P - 202619 Jan
Temporary installation of 10 no. padel courts with associated enclosures, erection of an all-weather canopy…
This applicationApprovedFull planning permission2026/0201/P
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
- Brownfield land register: O2 Centre, carpark and car showroom sites and 14 Blackburn RoadRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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