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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624 approved · 51 refused · 25 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1, Islington High Street, London
Received 7 Jul 2026Shearling Way Estate London N7 9TL
Received 24 Jul 202625, Beacon Hill, London, N7 9LY
Received 30 Jun 20264A Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6DR
Received 14 Apr 202657 - 63 Scrutton Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 4PF
Received Not published6 Seven Sisters Road, London, N7 6AH
Received 6 May 2026Denmark Court, 1A Francis Terrace, London N19 5PY
Received 9 Jul 202623 Lloyd Baker Street, London, WC1X 9AZ
Received 20 May 202621 Arlington Avenue, London, N1 7BE
Received 29 Jun 2026361 - 363 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7JL
Received 29 Jun 202617 Belitha Villas, London, N1 1PE
Received 15 Jul 202625, Lonsdale Square, London, N1 1EW
Received 3 Jun 202686 Northchurch Road, London
Received 12 Aug 202615 Ferntower Road, London, N5 2JE
Received 8 Apr 202688 St John Street, London, EC1M 4EH
Received 28 Aug 2026Times House and Laundry Buildings (4-6 Bravingtons Walk, 8 Caledonia Street and part ground floor area of 3 Bravingtons Walk), Laundry Yard and part of Caledonia Street, Regent Quarter, Kings Cross, London N1,
Received 6 Aug 2026Flat A, 70 Tollington Park, London, N4 3RA
Received 10 Feb 202655, Canonbury Road, London, N1 2DG
Received 24 Mar 2026Arbuthnot House, 7-21 Wilson Street, London EC2M 2SN
Received 1 May 202617, Finsbury Health Centre, Pine Street, London, EC1R 0LP
Received 1 Jul 2026The Charterhouse, Suttons Hospital, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6AN
Received 27 Apr 2026Town Hall, Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, London, N1 2UD
Received 12 Jun 2026111 Highbury Hill, London, N5 1TA
Received 17 Jun 2026Flat B, 6 Pakeman Street, London, N7 6QN
Received 18 Aug 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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