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Islington

London · E09000019 · 189 quarters held (1979 Q2 – 2026 Q2)

Decisions
1,426
2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Refusal rate
11.7%
higher than 50% of authorities
Majors in time
—
threshold 60%
Minors in time
93.2%
threshold 70%
Householder in time
97.3%
no formal threshold
Delegated
94.5%
decisions not to committee
Appellant win rate
26.5%
136 allowed of 514 decided
Decisions overturned
1.7%
quality threshold 10%

Refusal rate trend — last 40 quarters

2016 Q3 → 2026 Q2 · peak 26.1%

Official statistics — is development moving through the system?

MHCLG quarterly planning returns (PS1/PS2), last 4 quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, and the government's latest Housing Delivery Test. These are the authority's own statutory returns, not our scrape.

Applications received
1,365
in the window
Applications decided
1,426
in the window
Approval rate
88.3%
1,259 granted, 167 refused · national median refusal 11.6%
Refusal rate rank 9 of 33 London boroughs (1 = fewest refusals) · peer median 17.0%
Decided within time
90.6%
rank 170 of 307 reporting authorities · national median 91.4%
Rank 19 of 33 London boroughs · peer median 91.0%

Peer ranks compare only London boroughs with more than 50 decisions in the window, the same floor as the national rank. A rank among peers is the fairer read: types of authority carry very different caseloads.

Performance by development type
TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time
Major1392.3%—
Minor67586.5%93.2%
Other73889.8%—
of which householder33792.6%97.3%
"In time" = within the statutory period or an agreed extension, excluding prior approvals. "Other" covers everything that is neither major nor minor; householder figures are measured against the 8-week period.
Applications through the system
Last 8 quarters held
02174342024 Q3: 413 received2024 Q3: 405 decided2024 Q32024 Q4: 420 received2024 Q4: 408 decided2025 Q1: 434 received2025 Q1: 347 decided2025 Q2: 427 received2025 Q2: 394 decided2025 Q3: 327 received2025 Q3: 397 decided2025 Q4: 378 received2025 Q4: 313 decided2026 Q1: 364 received2026 Q1: 384 decided2026 Q2: 296 received2026 Q2: 332 decided2026 Q2
▬ received   ▬ decided
Housing Delivery Test
HDT 2025 measurement, homes delivered against requirement over 2022/23 to 2024/25
69%
Presumption

Delivery below 75%: the NPPF presumption in favour of sustainable development applies to housing applications here. A material point for any housing proposal.

Where these figures come from. Each dataset below is the publisher's own file, loaded unchanged; rows are matched to this authority by its ONS code (E09000019). Missing values are shown as "—" and are never estimated or filled from another period.
DatasetPublisherCovers this authorityLoadedOfficial source
Planning application decisions (PS2)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 68,583 rows nationallyLive tables
Planning application flow (PS1)MHCLG1979 Q2 to 2026 Q2 (189 quarters)18 Oct 2026 · 42,861 rows nationallyLive tables
Housing Delivery Test 2025MHCLG2022/23 to 2024/2518 Aug 2026Measurement
Open Government Licence v3.0. The MHCLG tables are reloaded every Sunday; the loaded date is the last successful run.

Quarterly history

QuarterDecisions GrantedRefused Refusal %Majors in time Minors in timeReceived
2026 Q2 332 300 32 9.6% — 93.8% 296
2026 Q1 384 320 64 16.7% — 95.9% 364
2025 Q4 313 287 26 8.3% — 88.7% 378
2025 Q3 397 352 45 11.3% — 93.1% 327
2025 Q2 394 362 32 8.1% — 88.0% 427
2025 Q1 347 318 29 8.4% — 96.7% 434
2024 Q4 408 366 42 10.3% — 93.0% 420
2024 Q3 405 367 38 9.4% — 93.5% 413
2024 Q2 226 206 20 8.8% — 79.2% 435
2024 Q1 291 261 30 10.3% — 92.8% 415
2023 Q4 363 322 41 11.3% — 95.2% 329
2023 Q3 445 393 52 11.7% — 93.5% 438
2023 Q2 377 332 45 11.9% — 98.2% 456
2023 Q1 382 336 46 12.0% — 94.6% 465
2022 Q4 494 426 68 13.8% 0.0% 94.7% 429
2022 Q3 415 345 70 16.9% — 94.9% 481
2022 Q2 428 366 62 14.5% — 96.1% 538
2022 Q1 390 320 70 17.9% 100.0% 96.9% 436
2021 Q4 373 295 78 20.9% — 92.2% 436
2021 Q3 364 299 65 17.9% — 95.0% 441
2021 Q2 362 289 73 20.2% — 89.5% 406
2021 Q1 392 315 77 19.6% 100.0% 96.3% 416
2020 Q4 377 280 97 25.7% 100.0% 89.3% 459
2020 Q3 363 280 83 22.9% 0.0% 88.5% 393
2020 Q2 342 287 55 16.1% 100.0% 88.8% 366
2020 Q1 335 274 61 18.2% 100.0% 81.5% 428
2019 Q4 372 279 93 25.0% 0.0% 87.3% 460
2019 Q3 403 339 64 15.9% — 87.7% 421
2019 Q2 397 332 65 16.4% 100.0% 76.5% 413
2019 Q1 369 329 40 10.8% 100.0% 78.1% 448
2018 Q4 407 355 52 12.8% — 66.2% 458
2018 Q3 407 327 80 19.7% — 88.3% 470
2018 Q2 467 345 122 26.1% 100.0% 86.8% 565
2018 Q1 429 352 77 17.9% — 86.7% 480
2017 Q4 525 432 93 17.7% 100.0% 88.3% 593
2017 Q3 451 367 84 18.6% 100.0% 90.6% 571
2017 Q2 528 414 114 21.6% 100.0% 85.4% 548
2017 Q1 453 349 104 23.0% 100.0% 86.5% 616
2016 Q4 527 391 136 25.8% 100.0% 86.4% 544
2016 Q3 567 450 117 20.6% 100.0% 91.5% 585
2016 Q2 536 434 102 19.0% 66.7% 80.4% 666
2016 Q1 492 380 112 22.8% 40.0% 81.4% 601
2015 Q4 543 433 110 20.3% 50.0% 80.2% 644
2015 Q3 539 424 115 21.3% 0.0% 84.4% 635
2015 Q2 500 380 120 24.0% 83.3% 86.8% 643
2015 Q1 503 383 120 23.9% 66.7% 75.5% 597
2014 Q4 505 385 120 23.8% — 83.0% 610
2014 Q3 613 481 132 21.5% 0.0% 79.3% 644
2014 Q2 522 392 130 24.9% 100.0% 85.3% 702
2014 Q1 475 331 104 21.9% 33.3% 77.5% 638
2013 Q4 613 447 124 20.2% 100.0% 85.4% 599
2013 Q3 582 391 145 24.9% 62.5% 79.0% 654
2013 Q2 513 368 112 21.8% 66.7% 77.8% 715
2013 Q1 495 340 104 21.0% 66.7% 56.9% 629
2012 Q4 448 303 108 24.1% 50.0% 68.6% 620
2012 Q3 538 392 117 21.7% 38.5% 54.8% 767
2012 Q2 428 300 93 21.7% 50.0% 58.8% 584
2012 Q1 481 348 98 20.4% 26.3% 43.5% 589
2011 Q4 592 440 115 19.4% 22.2% 45.8% 584
2011 Q3 515 369 117 22.7% 58.3% 71.2% 661
2011 Q2 532 397 111 20.9% 66.7% 78.3% 647
2011 Q1 463 333 99 21.4% 45.5% 82.7% 638
2010 Q4 569 445 92 16.2% 62.5% 81.4% 585
2010 Q3 506 399 89 17.6% 44.4% 77.1% 618
2010 Q2 484 375 90 18.6% 63.2% 70.6% 580
2010 Q1 460 341 67 14.6% 38.5% 89.3% 667
2009 Q4 467 366 74 15.8% 62.5% 79.8% 551
2009 Q3 512 376 113 22.1% 87.5% 82.1% 596
2009 Q2 451 367 65 14.4% 77.8% 71.5% 532
2009 Q1 463 373 67 14.5% 100.0% 98.0% 605
2008 Q4 527 397 105 19.9% 61.5% 84.7% 581
2008 Q3 491 384 80 16.3% 90.0% 83.9% 686
2008 Q2 489 384 78 16.0% 88.9% 75.3% 575
2008 Q1 526 368 106 20.2% 70.6% 83.9% 640
2007 Q4 610 448 122 20.0% 75.0% 84.3% 641
2007 Q3 663 461 160 24.1% 46.2% 73.3% 642
2007 Q2 455 306 125 27.5% 71.4% 80.1% 657
2007 Q1 584 370 171 29.3% 57.1% 78.6% 710
2006 Q4 497 338 121 24.3% 70.0% 62.6% 453
2006 Q3 502 342 132 26.3% 50.0% 58.3% 533
2006 Q2 487 309 146 30.0% 60.9% 76.6% 581
2006 Q1 498 319 156 31.3% 69.7% 70.5% 572
2005 Q4 476 341 108 22.7% 55.0% 57.1% 530
2005 Q3 483 337 123 25.5% 50.0% 67.2% 583
2005 Q2 409 273 122 29.8% 81.3% 68.4% 510
2005 Q1 510 295 159 31.2% 57.1% 79.5% 512
2004 Q4 482 342 106 22.0% 24.0% 65.1% 565
2004 Q3 536 324 173 32.3% 53.3% 78.4% 632
2004 Q2 459 298 139 30.3% 10.0% 69.5% 560
2004 Q1 378 242 122 32.3% 60.0% 65.3% 559
2003 Q4 480 337 117 24.4% 57.7% 70.5% 455
2003 Q3 470 316 124 26.4% 81.0% 76.9% 506
2003 Q2 464 331 108 23.3% 55.6% 71.7% 516
2003 Q1 392 302 71 18.1% 68.8% 50.7% 587
2002 Q4 425 316 86 20.2% 52.9% 66.7% 486
2002 Q3 491 351 117 23.8% 54.5% 64.0% 588
2002 Q2 507 397 90 17.8% 38.9% 72.2% 589
2002 Q1 358 275 67 18.7% 66.7% 60.6% 544
2001 Q4 388 299 73 18.8% 58.3% 62.8% 419
2001 Q3 389 298 75 19.3% 75.0% 64.8% 518
2001 Q2 442 345 74 16.7% 87.5% 60.6% 474
2001 Q1 409 337 65 15.9% 70.0% 56.5% 464
2000 Q4 367 306 51 13.9% 63.6% 58.7% 460
2000 Q3 375 300 64 17.1% 76.5% 58.2% 505
2000 Q2 310 264 41 13.2% 64.0% 50.5% 476
2000 Q1 433 368 62 14.3% 50.0% 68.8% 480
1999 Q4 393 339 46 11.7% 73.3% 57.5% 469
1999 Q3 429 365 61 14.2% 46.7% 60.6% 500
1999 Q2 335 291 30 9.0% 78.9% 61.3% 445
1999 Q1 366 303 55 15.0% 58.3% 66.4% 399
1998 Q4 376 311 57 15.2% 81.0% 65.6% 420
1998 Q3 391 329 55 14.1% 58.8% 68.3% 444
1998 Q2 296 252 37 12.5% 50.0% 68.9% 548
1998 Q1 352 309 38 10.8% 71.4% 70.0% 367
1997 Q4 346 291 46 13.3% 61.5% 64.3% 345
1997 Q3 371 316 51 13.7% 73.7% 60.9% 409
1997 Q2 449 383 51 11.4% 60.0% 63.1% 498
1997 Q1 338 300 35 10.4% 58.8% 51.4% 439
1996 Q4 351 310 30 8.5% 71.4% 56.5% 403
1996 Q3 335 291 38 11.3% 46.7% 53.4% 446
1996 Q2 282 254 25 8.9% 53.8% 72.0% 463
1996 Q1 45 43 2 4.4% — — —
1995 Q4 29 24 5 17.2% — 0.0% —
1995 Q3 11 8 3 27.3% — 100.0% —
1995 Q2 9 5 4 44.4% — 100.0% —
1995 Q1 30 22 8 26.7% — — —
1994 Q4 13 10 3 23.1% — 100.0% —
1994 Q3 24 20 4 16.7% — 100.0% —
1994 Q2 13 9 4 30.8% — 100.0% —
1994 Q1 25 22 3 12.0% — 90.0% —
1993 Q4 26 22 4 15.4% — 72.7% —
1993 Q3 14 8 6 42.9% — 100.0% —
1993 Q2 25 21 4 16.0% — 44.4% —
1993 Q1 19 13 6 31.6% — 71.4% —
1992 Q4 32 26 6 18.8% 100.0% 71.4% —
1992 Q3 24 19 5 20.8% — 47.6% —
1992 Q2 40 26 14 35.0% — 91.7% —
1992 Q1 16 12 4 25.0% — 100.0% —
1991 Q4 26 22 4 15.4% — 100.0% —
1991 Q3 18 13 5 27.8% — 100.0% —
1991 Q2 39 25 14 35.9% — 73.3% —
1991 Q1 41 28 13 31.7% — 100.0% —
1990 Q4 18 12 6 33.3% — 100.0% —
1990 Q3 17 13 4 23.5% — 100.0% —
1990 Q2 23 19 4 17.4% 100.0% 100.0% —
1990 Q1 43 34 9 20.9% — 100.0% —
1989 Q4 28 24 4 14.3% — 93.3% —
1989 Q3 32 29 3 9.4% — 88.9% —
1989 Q2 34 30 4 11.8% — 90.9% —
1989 Q1 48 38 10 20.8% — 100.0% —
1988 Q4 28 24 4 14.3% — 93.3% —
1988 Q3 32 29 3 9.4% — 88.9% —
1988 Q2 32 29 3 9.4% — 90.0% —
1988 Q1 26 23 3 11.5% — 90.9% —
1987 Q4 30 25 5 16.7% — 75.0% —
1987 Q3 28 25 3 10.7% — 87.5% —
1987 Q2 28 25 3 10.7% — 88.9% —
1987 Q1 23 21 2 8.7% — 90.0% —
1986 Q4 28 24 4 14.3% — 72.7% —
1986 Q3 27 24 3 11.1% — 87.5% —
1986 Q2 27 24 3 11.1% — 88.9% —
1986 Q1 21 19 2 9.5% — 88.9% —
1985 Q4 27 23 4 14.8% — 72.7% —
1985 Q3 26 23 3 11.5% — 87.5% —
1985 Q2 27 24 3 11.1% — 88.9% —
1985 Q1 21 19 2 9.5% — 88.9% —
1984 Q4 27 23 4 14.8% — 72.7% —
1984 Q3 25 22 3 12.0% — 87.5% —
1984 Q2 27 24 3 11.1% — 88.9% —
1984 Q1 36 30 6 16.7% — 100.0% —
1983 Q4 23 20 3 13.0% — 100.0% —
1983 Q3 23 21 2 8.7% — 88.9% —
1983 Q2 23 20 3 13.0% — 87.5% —
1983 Q1 21 21 0 0.0% — 100.0% —
1982 Q4 31 30 1 3.2% — 100.0% —
1982 Q3 10 7 3 30.0% — 87.5% —
1982 Q2 18 14 4 22.2% 100.0% 100.0% —
1982 Q1 16 15 1 6.3% — 100.0% —
1981 Q4 17 16 1 5.9% — 100.0% —
1981 Q3 19 17 2 10.5% — 87.5% —
1981 Q2 27 23 4 14.8% — 80.0% —
1981 Q1 24 21 3 12.5% — 77.8% —
1980 Q4 25 21 4 16.0% — 77.8% —
1980 Q3 27 23 4 14.8% — 70.0% —
1980 Q2 30 26 4 13.3% — 63.6% —
1980 Q1 28 24 4 14.3% — 63.6% —
1979 Q4 29 25 4 13.8% — 63.6% —
1979 Q3 30 26 4 13.3% — 63.6% —
1979 Q2 28 25 3 10.7% — 70.0% —

Decisions and speed: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1/PS2), Open Government Licence v3.0, 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2. Speed figures exclude prior approvals and are measured against the statutory period or agreed extension. Appeal figures: our aggregation of published Planning Inspectorate decisions, 2021–2026 — a different period from the decision figures above. Designation thresholds shown are indicative, not official.

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