LPA Profile

What we hold on a single planning authority: appeal behaviour, what they refuse on, which policies they cite, and how current their local plan is. For the national league table and 47-year statistical history, see Council Performance. New: which refusal reasons survive appeal here — measured from real Inspectorate decision letters.

Islington London Borough Council

GSS E09000019 · Portal: agile (untested) · council register

Applications we hold
1,504
2026-01-05 – 2098-12-08
Refusal rate (our sample)
8.5%
128 of 1,504 — a sample, not the register
Appeals overturned
no PINS appeals matched
Local plan age
adoption date not published

How this council decides

Measured against the published determination target on 1,010 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 54 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).

39%
decided early
(4+ days before target)
19%
on the deadline
(final 3 days)
42%
after the target
72
average days
from valid to decision

This authority is mixed: a substantial share of decisions land after the statutory target, so treat the target as indicative.

Which day decisions land

Mon
23.3%
Tue
17.2%
Wed
21.9%
Thu
22.4%
Fri
15.2%

An even working week is 20% a day. Amber marks a day carrying 26% or more.

By application type

TypeDecisionsAfter targetOn deadline
Full planning permission 136 51% 31%
Tree works: Trees in conservation areas/subjec 107 0% 1%
All Other 101 73% 6%
Full 77 25% 30%
Approval of details reserved by a condition (d 71 61% 8%
Full planning & display of advertisements 64 25% 44%
Householder planning permission 59 42% 34%
Trees 51 2% 0%

What "after the target" means. Published data cannot distinguish an agreed extension of time from a target that was simply missed — both appear the same way. This measures when the decision was issued relative to the statutory target, and nothing more. Deadline data is currently available for London authorities only.

Development plan

Islington Local Plan
Adoption date not published in the national register · plan period 2020-01-01–2037-01-01
Plan documents

National statistics for this authority →

Councils with data on file

Charnwood (2728) Barnet (2422) Leeds (2328) Westminster (2249) Dorset (2249) Buckinghamshire (2195) BCP (2150) Cornwall (2082) Bromley (2076) Newcastle upon Tyne (2058) Bradford (1958) Gateshead Council (1872) Bath (1852) Ealing (1763) Bristol (1720) Croydon (1634) Brent (1621) Wandsworth (1603) Islington (1504) Enfield (1499) Burnley (1417) Hounslow (1381) Birmingham (1377) Durham (1348)

On the numbers. The refusal rate, officers and agents here are computed from the applications PlanningCore has collected for this authority — for most councils that is a recent sample rather than the full register, and the date range above tells you which. The appeal overturn rate comes from Planning Inspectorate decisions and covers a much longer period. Use the national statistics page for complete, official volumes.

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