Within 2 km, around Highbury in Islington. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
220new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+7.5%like-for-like prices in Highbury, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.2%)
-2%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
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Nearby, most recent first
School closed
School closed: The New North AcademyAcademy converter, primary (closure)
Aug 2026 1.8 km away
New homes
6 new homes completedflats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026 1.3 km away
New school
New school: Yeshuos Moshe SchoolOther independent school, other independent school
Aug 2026 1.5 km away
School closed
School closed: London Scandinavian SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2026 900 m away
New homes
25 new homes completedflats · Jun 2026
Jun 2026 1.6 km away
New homes
9 new homes completedflats · Jul 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 2.0 km away
New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 1.1 km away
New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Apr 2026
Apr 2026 1.5 km away
New homes
29 new homes completedflats · Dec 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 1.5 km away
New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025 1.4 km away
New homes
22 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025 2.0 km away
New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025
Oct 20251.0 km away
Planning applications within 500 m
166applications in the last 12 months
106approved · 9 refused
34still being decided
2net new homes in approved schemes since 2023
Application Under Consideration
31, Highbury Hill, N5 1SU31 Highbury HillIslington P2026/2631/TRE · All Other
Oct 2026 200 m away
Approved
41, Highbury Hill, N5 1SUFront garden: Ash (T1) - fell tree. Reason: tree has self seeded too close to the house. Is likely to cause damage in the future.Islington P2026/2564/TRE · All Other
Oct 2026 250 m away
Application Under Consideration
23, Framfield Road, N5 1UUErection of outrigger dormer extension and all associated works.Islington P2026/2615/FUL · All Other
Oct 2026 350 m away
Application Under Consideration
3, Sotheby Road, N5 2UPProposed replacement front boundary wall with railings, front garden alterations to enlarge lightwell, cycle and refuse storage and refurbished stone front steps.Islington P2026/2571/FUL · All Other
Sept 2026 350 m away
Approved
43, Highbury Park, N5 1THT1- Fig tree- reduce height by approximately one third (3m) prune in house side and far side of tree by up to 2m (so as to reduce spread). Prune back neighbours side to within approximately 2m of wall (hard prune), very light reduction of overhang on side of number 43 (1.5m). Thin crown by twenty percent.Islington P2026/2534/TRE · All Other
Sept 2026 50 m away
Application Under Consideration
14 - 72, Morea Mews, N5 2EEMinor works to the existing residential buildings (Use Class C3) on-site, comprising partial recladding and amendments to fenestration details. (Resubmission of P2024/1462).Islington P2026/2536/FUL · All Other
Spotted when a home's energy certificate shows at least 15 m² (and 15%) more floor area than an earlier one. Only homes with two certificates show up, so the real number is higher. A busy street suggests extensions get permission here; check the council's planning register for the details.
Storm overflows within 2 km
No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
School closed: St Jude and St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school, primary (closure)
Aug 2025 1.6 km away
School closed
School closed: Highbury Quadrant Primary SchoolCommunity school, primary (closure)
Aug 2025 550 m away
School closed
School closed: St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Stoke NewingtonVoluntary aided school, primary (closure)
Aug 2025 1.5 km away
New homes
6 new homes completedflats · Jul 2025
Aug 2025 900 m away
New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Jul 2025
Jul 2025 1.0 km away
New homes
7 new homes completed2 flats, 5 houses · Nov 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 1.5 km away
New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Dec 2024
Dec 2024 1.6 km away
New homes
6 new homes completedflats · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 750 m away
New school
New school: Pooles Park Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led, primary
Nov 2024 1.5 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 53 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Application Under Consideration
14 - 72, Morea Mews, N5 2EECertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for replacement render cladding. (Resubmission of P2026/0183/COL)Islington P2026/2575/COL · All Other
Sept 2026 500 m away
Application Under Consideration
14, Highbury Terrace Mews, N5 1UTProposed replacement balcony, facade alterations, insertion of an A/C unit and all associated works at 14C Highbury Terrace Mews, London N5 1UT.Islington P2026/2364/FUL · Householder
Sept 2026 400 m away
Application Under Consideration
10, Elphinstone Street, N5 1BS10 ELPHINSTONE STREET - LOFT CONVERSIONIslington P2026/2408/COL · All Other
Sept 2026 350 m away
Approved
35, Highbury Park, N5 1THT1–Olive tree- cut to ground level. T2- Plum tree-cut to ground level.Islington P2026/2362/TRE · All Other
Sept 2026 50 m away
Approved
3, Martineau Road, N5 1NGThe proposal comprises alterations to the existing roof of the top-floor flat at 3 Martineau Road, including a 200mm increase to the existing ridge height, a rear dormer roof extension with two fixed timber-framed windows, and two low-level rooflights to provide additional natural daylight to the proposed accommodation. Internal works include a new staircase connecting the existing accommodation tIslington P2026/2430/PHH · All Other
Sept 2026 350 m away
Application Under Consideration
28, HIGHBURY PARKInstallation of inward facing bi-fold windows (retrospective).Islington P2026/2381/FUL · All Other
Sept 2026 100 m away
Application Under Consideration
28, HIGHBURY PARKInstallation of inward facing bi-fold windows (retrospective).Islington P2026/2262/FUL · All Other
Sept 2026 100 m away
Comment Issued
Clock Tower, Highbury HillApproval of details pursuant to Condition 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9 of Listed Building Consent P2025/2161/LBC, granted 23/03/2025.Islington P2026/2318/AOD · All Other
Sept 2026 200 m away
Approved
8, Riversdale RoadReplacement of all existing front & rear windows with double glazed timber sash windowsIslington P2026/2010/FUL · All Other
Aug 2026 500 m away
Approved
21, Highbury Terrace, N5 1UPSycamore (T1): Reduce to previous, most recent pruning points (approx. 1-2m) Elder (T2): Reduce to previous, most recent pruning points (approx. 0.5-1m)Islington P2026/2200/TRE · All Other
Aug 2026 350 m away
Approved
5, Loxford Gardens, N5 1FWLime (T1): Lift canopy by 1-2m. Proposed work is to protect the health and stability of trees to be retained on the site, and to ensure a satisfactory standard of visual amenity is provided and maintained. All specified work adheres to good arboricultural practice and husbandry.Islington P2026/2163/TRE · All Other
Aug 2026 250 m away
Application Under Consideration
11, Highbury ParkInstallation of 2no. air conditioning condenser units to the flat roof above the ground floor commercial unit.Islington P2026/1987/FUL · All Other
Aug 2026 100 m away
Approved
6, Highbury Hill, N5 1ALT1 - Existing Fruit Tree to be removed to facilitate proposed garden design including planting of14No. new trees. T2 - Existing Fruit Tree to be removed to facilitate proposed garden design including planting of14No. new trees. Also refer to drawing 22005_10_002_Block Plan_REV_P01 and document 22005_DC_260811_6 Highbury Hill_Tree Removal DocumentIslington P2026/2175/TRE · All Other
Aug 2026 200 m away
Application Under Consideration
11, Highbury ParkSection 73 Application (Minor Material Amendment) to vary Condition 5 (Operation of Plant) of Planning Permission P2019/3797/FUL, as varied under P2022/1061/S73, to extend the operation of the plant equipment to between the hours of 06:00 to 23:00 each day onlyIslington P2026/1986/S73 · All Other
Aug 2026 100 m away
Application Under Consideration
6, Highbury Hill, N5 1ALRebuilding of rear boundary wall.Islington P2026/2100/FUL · All Other
Aug 2026 200 m away
Approved
99, Frogmore Industrial Estate, Kelvin RoadTeam to laterally reduce branches of mixed species trees and vegetation encroaching on car parking bays and yard by up to 3m up to a height of 6m over yard area and 3m over carpark (G1 - mixed species group including Ash, Jasmin, Photinia, Ivy, Conifer, Maple) . Team to ensure branches and vegetation encroaching on site is cut back to boundary.Islington P2026/2024/TRE · All Other
Aug 2026 250 m away
Approved
61, Sotheby Road, N5 2UPT1 Cherry: 1.5m all-round reduction. T2 Bay : 30cm width pruning, 2m height pruning.Islington P2026/2025/TRE · All Other
Aug 2026 400 m away
Approved
29, 29 Lower Maisonette At 29a, Kelross Road, N5 2QSSection 73 Application (Minor Material Amendment) to vary Condition 2 (Approved Drawings) and Condition 4 (Windows) of planning permission reference P2025/1880/FUL, dated 25/09/2025, for the erection of a replacement single-storey rear extension at lower ground level and installation of replacement double-glazed sash timber windows to the front elevation. The proposed amendments include alteraIslington P2026/1670/S73 · All Other
Aug 2026 400 m away
Approved
47, Battledean Road, N5 1UXSingle-storey ground floor rear extension.Islington P2026/1982/FUL · All Other
Aug 2026 400 m away
Source: Planning London Datahub (Greater London Authority and the London boroughs); applications validated since January 2023. Data is published as received and may contain errors; check the borough's planning portal for documents.
Solar farm
Coppermill Works - Solar ArrayPlanning application in · 680 kW
Jul 2022 4.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Cannon Street - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Dec 2024 4.9 km away
Running nearest: Holly Street - Solar PV Panels (rooftop solar, 2.4 km); King's Yard (biomass, 6.8 km); Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar Array (rooftop solar, 7.3 km); Advent Way - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 7.4 km); Edmonton EcoPark EfW (energy from waste, 8.0 km).
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Avenell Road, LondonUtility asset works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 250 m away
Minor
Elphinstone Street, LondonUtility asset works · THAMES WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 300 m away
Minor
Aubert Park, LondonUtility asset works · THAMES WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 350 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Planning Inspectorate list of nationally significant infrastructure projects (roads, railways, energy, water, waste), October 2026 (OGL). Each is placed at one point, usually the middle of the site; long schemes run well beyond it.