Referendum
Following the Independent Examination of the Kilburn Neighbourhood Plan (see below) a referendum on the Plan will be held on 11 December 2025 to meet the requirements of the Localism Act 2011. All eligible voters will be asked :
"Do you want the London Boroughs of Brent and Camden to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Kilburn to help them decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?"
Details on where and how to vote can be found on the council elections page in the Information Statement.
Further details about the referendum and the relevant documents:
- Referendum Version of Kilburn Neighbourhood Plan
- Examiners report
- Summary of representation submitted to the independent examination
- A statement setting out that the Councils believe that the Kilburn Neighbourhood Plan meets the basic conditions (included within the document known as the 'Decision Statement')
Copies of these documents are available to view at the following libraries
- 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG (Opening hours: Mon - Sat 8am-8pm, Sun 11am - 5pm),
- Kilburn library, 12 -22 Kilburn High Road, NW6 5UH, (Opening hours; Mon - Thurs: 10am - 7pm, Fri: 10am - 5pm, Sat: 11am - 5pm, Sun - closed)
What happens next?
Once the referendum result is known, if a majority of people vote in favour of the Plan, the Councils will proceed to adopt the Neighbourhood Plan, if a majority vote not to support the Neighbourhood Plan, no further action is required.
Examination
Camden and Brent with support from Kilburn Neighbourhood Forum appointed Mr Derek Stebbing to hold an independent examination of the Neighbourhood Plan. The examination took place between July and September 2025.
The Examiners report was received on 30 September 2025 and stated subject to modifications being made the Plan met the basic conditions.
The following documents related to the Examination:
- Letter to Forum and Councils on procedural matters and questions - July 2025
- Neighbourhood Forum response to Questions 1 & 2 - August 2025
- Neighbourhood Forum suggested Amendments to Appendix 2 - August 2025
- Camden Council response to Question 4. - August 2025
Camden and Brent have decided to accept the Examiners recommendations and publish a Decision Statement. Therefore, the plan will proceed to referendum.
- Decision Statement report
- Appendix 1 - Examiners report
- Appendix 2 - Decision Statement
- Appendix 3 - Referendum version of Kilburn Neighbourhood Plan
Plan Submission
Kilburn Neighbourhood Forum submitted its proposed Neighbourhood Plan to Camden and Brent Council for the cross boundary neighbourhood area in May 2025.
All PDFs:.
- Draft Kilburn Neighbourhood Plan
- Statement of Basic Conditions
- Consultation Statement
- Area boundary
- Submission letter
- Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - screening opinion
- Equalities Impact Assessment
The six week public consultation ended 11 July 2025. The responses can be found here:
Submission consultation responses (PDF)
Area and Forum applications
On 3 June 2016 the London Borough of Camden and Brent Councils approved the designation of the Neighbourhood Area and Neighbourhood Forum. A public consultation on the Forum and Area applications took place between 3 March to 15 April 2016.
The 2016 approved applications can be viewed below, they show the area in which the neighbourhood planning powers apply.
- Area boundary (including borough boundary)
- Kilburn Neighbourhood Forum Area
- Area application
- Forum application
- Constitution
The Kilburn Neighbourhood Forum was redesignated for another 5 years on 28 January 2022.