Fishing wire could be suspended from tall poles to mark out a Jewish area in north-west London.
A group of synagogues has applied to build an eruv, an area were Sabbath rules are more relaxed for Jewish people, in Camden.
The plan would see poles installed in 40 different locations across six miles of Camden, covering parts of Finchley Road, Primrose Hill and Hampstead.
An eruv erected in West Hampstead last year drew complaints from residents that it was divisive for a single religion to mark out its own boundary.
Other complaints concerned the size of the poles and that the wires could harm birds.
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The planning application was put together by Daniel Rosenfelder, 71, who told The Times the perimeter would be funded by private donors.
Mr Rosenfelder added: “There is this perception that eruvs represent the intensification of public religious activity but it just allows people who are wheelchair users or mothers of small children to leave their house on Friday nights or Saturday.”
He added that the eruv would be checked every week and would benefit 6,000 people in the area.
An eruv is a marked area which Jews can carry or push objects on the Sabbath without violating Jewish law that prohibits carrying anything except within the home.
Britain’s first and largest eruv was created in 2003 enclosing an area of 6.5 square miles from Hendon to Mill Hill.