FCBStudios take collaborative approach to create Camley Street masterplan

Camden Council’s planning committee have unanimously granted consent for the regeneration of Camley Street in north London. Tenderstream member FCBStudios created the overall masterplan as well as designing 120–136 Camley Street (Site A), collaborating closely with Camden Council’s Community Investment Programme, developer Ballymore and real estate investment manager Lateral. 

The scheme is set to transform overlooked brownfield land into a new, inclusive neighbourhood, which includes a nearby location at 3–30 Cedar Way (Site B), designed by Morris+Company. The regeneration project forms part of the borough’s Community Investment Programme, an ambitious 15-year plan to invest over 2.3bn GBP in schools, homes and community facilities.

Camley Street will deliver 401 new homes, 50% of which will be genuinely affordable, alongside employment space for science, technology and creative making, community facilities and generous public realm. New streets and landscape-led spaces stitch the two sites into their surrounding neighbourhoods, with a car-free approach that prioritises everyday life, play, wellbeing and long-term climate resilience.

Since 2020, FCBStudios worked with the Camley Street Steering Group, local residents, businesses, community organisations, institutions, and councillors, to ensure local voices shape the area’s future. At the Camley Street Festival, 76% of respondents felt the design met all or most of the Camley Street Vision, and 80% said they liked all or most of the masterplan.

Chris Allen, partner at FCBStudios. Stated: “Camley Street is about turning overlooked land into a place that feels open, welcoming and part of everyday life. We’ve focused on homes that truly work for families, lively streets with maker spaces at ground level, and green spaces where play, nature and climate resilience are part of daily experience. Reaching planning is a huge milestone and a real example of what long-term collaboration with the community can achieve.”

The first homes on the site are expected to be ready for occupation by late 2030.

Lucy Nordberg
Tenderstream Head of Research

This tender was first published by Tenderstream on 25.06.2020 here

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