Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Islington. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
624 approved · 51 refused · 25 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 May 2025 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
5B, Wallace Road, London, N1 2PG
Received 31 Mar 2026131 St Thomas's Road, London, N4 2QJ
Received 1 Apr 20261, Flat 2, Compton Terrace, London, N1 2UN
Received 27 Apr 202655 Halton Road, London, N1 2EN
Received 18 May 2026124 - 128 Ball's Pond Road, London, N1 4AE
Received 17 Jun 2026Ground Floor, 64 Cross Street, London, N1 2BA
Received 8 Jul 20268 Oakley Road, London, N1 3LS
Received 22 Jul 202617 Paradise Passage, London, N7 8QN
Received 10 Jun 2026Site of Public Toilets, Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R
Received 8 Jun 202667, Leconfield Road, London, N5 2RZ
Received 10 Sept 2026509 Liverpool Road, London, N7 8NS
Received 25 Mar 202639, Compton Road, London, N1 2PB
Received 6 May 202650 Florence Street, London, N1 2DU
Received 15 Apr 202632, 34, 36 & 38, Amwell Street, London, EC1R 1XT
Received 1 Sept 20262, Greenpeace, Canonbury Villas, London, N1 2PN
Received 18 May 2026123 Highbury New Park, London
Received 14 Apr 202631 Cloudesley Square, London
Received 30 Jun 202699 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AX
Received 31 Mar 2026Flat A, 56 Sotheby Road, London, N5 2UR
Received 11 Mar 202629 Britton Street, London, EC1M 5UH
Received 23 Feb 20266, Highbury Hill, London, N5 1AL
Received 12 Aug 202614 Canning Road, London, N5 2JS
Received 6 May 2026123 Offord Road, London, N1 1PQ
Received 7 Sept 2026Alphabeta Building, 2 Worship Street, London
Received 12 May 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Islington, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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