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Ward · London Borough of Islington

Highbury.

Highbury sees an approval rate of 89% — 3 points above the Islington average across 843 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 11.3%.[1]

Islington843 applications
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
843
Applications 2015–26
Decided applications
89%
Approval rate
3pp above borough avg (85%)
11.3%
Refusal rate
16th highest of 17
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Islington planning records and committee minutes, 2015–26.
Ward overview

Highbury recorded 843 substantive planning decisions over 2015–26, approving 89% of them — 3 percentage points above the Islington borough average of 85%. Its refusal rate of 11.3% is 16th highest of 17.

Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Reference
Address
Type
Outcome
Date
Committee members for this ward
Councillor
Party
Role
Interventions
Success rate
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%

Interventions: formal calls to bring an application before committee. Success rate: percentage where the committee sided with the councillor against officer recommendation.

At a glance[1]
WardHighbury
CouncilIslington
Applications843 (2015–26)
Approval rate89%
Refusal rate11.3%
Decision time8.7 wks avg
Ward members2 (both Labour)
Planning constraints[2]
Conservation areas2
Article 4 directions2
Listed buildings17
TPO trees43
Flood zoneZone 1 (low)
Sources & method
  1. [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Islington planning register and published decision notices, 2015–26. · methodology
  2. [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
  3. [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
  4. [4]Application-type mix and refusal grounds — case-officer reports coded against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.