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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624 approved · 51 refused · 25 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Queen Margaret's Grove, London
Received 6 May 2026Flat A, 560 Caledonian Road, London, N7 9SD
Received 5 Aug 202651 Matilda Street, London, N1 0LA
Received 4 Jun 2026Former Holloway Prison, Parkhurst Road, London, N7 0NU
Received 14 Jul 202621 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8LP
Received 6 Mar 2026Iver Court, Canonbury Park South, London
Received 11 Sept 2026304, Liverpool Road, London, N7 8PU
Received 13 May 2026Bus shelter, Pavement outside the Tait Building opposite 248 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 0HB
Received 27 May 202651 Thornhill Road, London
Received 12 Mar 2026156 Downham Road, London, N1 3HJ
Received 22 Jul 2026Margery Street Community Hall, 1 Margery Street, London, WC1X 0HR
Received 28 Aug 20269 Alwyne Square, London, N1 2JX
Received 3 Jun 202632 Alwyne Road, London
Received 14 Apr 202647, Devonia Road, London
Received 3 Aug 202635 Noel Road, London, N1 8HQ
Received 24 Feb 2026Devonshire House, 60 and 68-70 Goswell Road, London, EC1M 7AD
Received 14 Aug 2026Hayward Adventure Playground, 15 Market Road, London, N7 9PL
Received 23 Apr 2026Land to rear of 12 Chadwell Street, London, EC1R 1XD
Received 11 Mar 2026The Arcade, 385 Holloway Road, London, N7 0RY
Received 20 Apr 202617, Highbury Place, London
Received 4 Jun 202658 Northdown Street, London, N1 9BS
Received 22 Jun 202615-17 Hornsey Street, London, N7 8GG
Received 13 Aug 2026Transenna Works, 1 Laycock Street, London
Received 16 Apr 202621 - 22, Sermon Lane Mission, Vincent Terrace, London, N1 8HN
Received 8 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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