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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624 approved · 51 refused · 25 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Flat A, 42 Dartmouth Park Hill, London, NW5 1HN
Received 25 Sept 202690 St George's Avenue, London, N7 0AH
Received 7 May 202683 Petherton Road, London
Received 20 Jul 2026Flat 1, 9 Alwyne Place, London, N1 2NL
Received 8 Jun 2026O2 Communication Station And Premises 8774, The O2 Centre, 255 Finchley Road, London
Received 3 Jul 202625 Gillespie Road, London, N5 1LH
Received 13 May 202679 Aberdeen Park, London, N5 2AZ
Received 27 Jul 2026The Red House, 49 - 53 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M 5RS
Received 6 Feb 2026The footway opposite to 139 Isledon Road, London, N7 7JP
Received 1 Apr 202656, Brooksby Street, London, N1 1HA
Received 27 Mar 202614 Loxford Gardens, London, N5 1FW
Received 8 Jul 2026City North Islington Trading Estate, Fonthill Road & 8-10 Goodwin Street, Islington, London, N4,
Received 2 Sept 2026Flat B, 12 Hemingford Road, London, N1 0JU
Received 13 Jul 2026130 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BD
Received 9 Jul 202697 Offord Road, London
Received 30 Oct 202545, Flat C, Milner Square, London, N1 1TW
Received 23 Mar 202617, Highbury Place, London
Received 4 Jun 2026Bus Shelter on Sandridge Street opposite 798-800 Holloway Road, London, N19 3JH
Received 13 Mar 202640 Barnsbury Road, London, N1 0HD
Received 9 Jun 2026Flat B, 52 Elmore Street, London, N1 3FN
Received 6 May 2026Ground Floor And Basement Maisonette, 21 - 22 Canonbury Square, London, N1 2AL
Received 13 May 202663, Ockendon Road, London, N1 3NL
Received 28 Sept 20264, Mountfort Crescent, London, N1 1JW
Received 8 Jul 2026Flat A, 22 Lonsdale Square, London, N1 1EN
Received 20 Jul 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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