Planning applications granting new dwellings — Islington

127, latest Q1 2026 (+67.1% year on year, from 76).

The count stood at 127 in Q1 2026. That is 67.1% higher than a year earlier. The series peaked at 168 in Q2 2017; the latest figure is 24.4% below that peak. Its low point was 0 in Q2 1990.

What these terms mean

Planning Permissions Granted

MHCLG's quarterly count of planning decisions granting permission for new dwellings, major and minor developments summed -- each decision counted once, not the number of dwelling units it covers. Source

Major and minor developments

MHCLG classifies a dwellings application as 'major' when it proposes 10 or more homes, and 'minor' when it proposes fewer than 10. This figure sums both, matching how Ireland's own planning permissions figure is not split by scheme size either.

Before you use these figures

• Unusually high compared with other areas: This figure is unusually high compared with other areas currently publishing this dataset — 127 against a typical figure (median) of about 16 across 295 other areas. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward comparison.
• Unusually high in Q3 2023: This area's Q3 2023 figure is unusually high compared with what other areas reported for Q3 2023 — 167 against a typical figure (median) of about 20 across 295 other areas that period. No longer this dataset's latest period, so a look at just today's headline figure would not have caught it — flagged here from a check across the dataset's full history. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward trend.
• Latest figure: Q1 2026 — 3 quarters old: This dataset is published quarterly and the publisher hasn't released anything newer. Nothing is missing from this page.

Cite this figure:

Planning applications granting new dwellings — Islington
127 for Islington, Q1 2026
Caveats: Unusually high compared with other areas; Unusually high in Q3 2023; Latest figure: Q1 2026 — 3 quarters old
StatsMapped last confirmed this figure unchanged on 9 Sep 2026.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2)
https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/local-authority/islington/planning-permissions

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