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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624 approved · 51 refused · 25 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Oakley Road, London, N1 3LS
Received 9 Apr 202611 Highbury Park, London, N5 1QJ
Received 29 Apr 20265 Cumberland Gardens, London, WC1X 9AF
Received 22 Jun 2026Finsbury Tower, 103 - 105 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8LZ
Received 10 Apr 2026Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, 55 Tollington Park, London, N4 3QW
Received 31 Jul 202610, Dominion Street, London, EC2M 2EF
Received 5 Feb 202620, Great Percy Street, London, WC1X 9QP
Received 18 Jun 202626 Northampton Park, London, N1 2PJ
Received 14 Apr 2026Flat A, 11 Kingsdown Road, London, N19 4LD
Received 7 May 20264 Granville Square, London, WC1X 9PF
Received 25 Jun 20269 Northampton Park, London, N1 2PP
Received 1 Jul 2026Bus shelter, Pavement Opposite 178 Goswell Road, London, EX1V 7DT
Received 27 May 202636 Rotherfield Street, London, N1 3Z
Received 27 Mar 2026174-180 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BP
Received 12 Jun 202625a, Prah Road, London, N4 2RB
Received 11 Sept 2026121 - 122 Upper Street, London, N1 1QP
Received 21 May 202630, Lonsdale Square, London, N1 1EW
Received 25 Jun 202626, Museum of the Order of Saint John, St John's Lane, London, EC1M 4DA
Received 5 Aug 20268 Sidney Grove, London, EC1V 7LP
Received 16 Jul 2026Dogs Trust House, 2 Wakley Street, London, EC1V 7LT
Received 29 Jul 202687 & 89 Hemingford Road, London, N1 1BY
Received 11 Mar 20268 Halton Road and 8 Halton Cross Street, London, N1 2EU
Received 6 Jul 20269 Tibberton Square, London, N1 8SF
Received 14 May 202647 Mercers Road, London, N19 4PP
Received 29 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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