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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624 approved · 51 refused · 25 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Pavement outside 54, Essex Road, London
Received 27 Apr 202646 Colebrooke Row, London N1 8AF
Received 13 Apr 202612A Stonefield Street, London, N1 0HW
Received 2 Mar 202621 Canonbury Tavern Public House, Canonbury Place, London, N1 2NS
Received 4 Sept 2026Flat 6, 1-2 St Peter's Street Mews, London, N1 8JF
Received 24 Sept 202642, Canonbury Square, London, N1 2AW
Received 7 Jul 202632 Harberton Road, London, N19 3JR
Received 26 Mar 2026Flat B,132 Hemingford Road, N1 1DE
Received 23 Mar 2026Old Barnsbury, The Barnsbury Estate, N1 0JE
Received 23 Jun 202615 Loxford Gardens, London, N5 1FW
Received 8 Jul 2026158 Barnsbury Road, London, N1 0ER
Received 29 Apr 202664, Brooksby Street, London, N1 1HA
Received 16 Feb 2026Flat A, 40 Highgate Hill, London, N19 5NQ
Received 22 Sept 202621 Lever Street, London, EC1V 3QY
Received 17 Feb 2026The Brassworks, 32 York Way, London, N1 9AB
Received 4 Mar 20266 - 7 Manor Gardens, London, N7 6LA
Received 30 Mar 202646, Gibson Square, London, N1 0RA
Received 18 Dec 2025Farringdon West, 50 Cowcross Street EC1M 6AL
Received 14 Jul 202638 Highbury Place, London, N5 1QP
Received 7 Sept 202651 Waterlow Road, London, N19 5NJ
Received 2 Jun 2026320 Liverpool Road, London, N7 8PU
Received 6 Aug 20264, Alwyne Villas, London, N1 2HQ
Received 17 Sept 20264, Milner Place, London, N1 1TN
Received 12 May 202633-35 Topham Street, London, EC1R 5HH
Received 30 Apr 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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