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Islington

Limited recent decision data is available for Islington, so we don't show a headline approval rate here — the figures below cover all application types on record.

Across all application types on record (2023-01-03–2026-07-03): 91.3% of 7,143 decisions approved.

10,205Total applications
6,523Approved
620Refused
222Withdrawn
770Pending
91.3%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
5,220Delegated
97Withdrawn - Applicant
19Planning Committee
19Planning Sub-Committee B
14Withdrawn - Council
8Planning Sub-Committee A
2Secretary of State
1Mayor/GLA
1Other
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 2,116 1,864 252
88.1%
Householder 1,218 1,092 126
89.7%
Listed Building Consent 873 785 88
89.9%
Discharge of Conditions 782 775 7
99.1%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 646 641 5
99.2%
Advertisement Consent 366 300 66
82.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 255 219 36
85.9%
Prior Approval (Other) 253 252 1
99.6%
Tree Works (TPO) 241 233 8
96.7%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 158 141 17
89.2%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 108 98 10
90.7%
Observations to Adjoining Borough 60 60 0
100.0%
Tree Works Notification in Conservation Area 33 33 0
100.0%
Uncategorised 14 13 1
92.9%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 11 9 2
81.8%
Telecommunications 5 5 0
100.0%
Heritage 2 2 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 1 0 1
0.0%
Removal/Variation of Condition (Section 19) 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 574 528
92.0%
2023-Q4 583 539
92.5%
2024-Q1 587 552
94.0%
2024-Q2 384 356
92.7%
2024-Q3 498 456
91.6%
2024-Q4 529 477
90.2%
2025-Q1 491 438
89.2%
2025-Q2 545 508
93.2%
2025-Q3 588 532
90.5%
2025-Q4 642 598
93.1%
2026-Q1 675 583
86.4%
2026-Q2 296 275
92.9%
2026-Q3 3 3
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Barnsbury 741 667 74
90.0%
St Mary's & St James' 657 591 66
90.0%
Highbury 536 504 32
94.0%
Clerkenwell 530 483 47
91.1%
Bunhill 480 450 30
93.8%
St Peter's & Canalside 454 397 57
87.4%
Canonbury 428 391 37
91.4%
Laycock 386 362 24
93.8%
Junction 344 324 20
94.2%
Tollington 330 301 29
91.2%
Mildmay 322 289 33
89.8%
Tufnell Park 294 277 17
94.2%
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