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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624 approved · 51 refused · 25 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Duncan Terrace, London, N1 8AL
Received 4 Sept 20268, Brewery Square, London, EC1V 4LE
Received 12 Aug 20269, Dove's Yard, London, N1 0HQ
Received 6 Apr 20267 Penn Road, London, N7 9RD
Received 27 May 202640 St George's Avenue, London, N7 0HD
Received 5 Jun 202625 Ropemaker Street, Ropemaker Place, London, EC2Y 9LY
Received 29 May 202611, Ambler Road, London, N4 2QT
Received 21 Aug 2026113 - 117 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3BX
Received 27 May 2026Town Hall, Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, London, N1 2UD
Received 12 Jun 202611, Middleton Grove, London, N7 9LS
Received 9 Sept 202617, Osborne House, Loxford Gardens, London
Received 8 Jul 20265, Sebastian Street, London, EC1V 0HE
Received 24 Jul 2026Volta Data Centres Limited, 36 - 43 Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0AB
Received 26 Jun 202627 Arlington Square, London, N1 7DP
Received 29 Jun 202635 Canonbury Square, London, N1 2AN
Received 16 Sept 202657 Hamilton Park West, London, N5 1AE
Received 26 May 2026136 Mildmay Road, London
Received 1 Jun 202614 Stonenest Street, London, N4 3BA
Received 12 Jun 20267 - 8, Wakley Street, London, EC1V 7LT
Received 26 May 202687 & 89 Hemingford Road, London, N1 1BY
Received 11 Mar 2026171 Hemingford Road, London, N1 1DA
Received 15 Jun 202680, Gifford Street, London, N1 0DF
Received 2 Jul 20266 Highbury Hill, London, N5 1AL
Received 5 Aug 202630 Gibson Square, London, N1 0RD
Received 31 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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