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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of London Corporation. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Oct 2021 to 16 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Andaz Hotel 40 Liverpool Street London EC2M 7QN
Received 4 Oct 202140 Liverpool Street London EC2M 7QN
Received 15 Jun 202274 Moorgate London EC2M 6SE
Received 21 Jun 202214-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 16 Feb 2023Poultry Market And General Market And The Annexe Buildings West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 18 May 202365 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FD
Received 22 May 2023Inner Temple Garden Crown Office Row London EC4Y 7HB
Received 22 Aug 2023Inner Temple Garden Crown Office Row London EC4Y 7HB
Received 22 Aug 20235 Old Bailey London EC4M 7BA
Received 3 Oct 20239A Devonshire Square London EC2M 4YN
Received 27 Oct 20231-8 Long Lane London EC1A 9HF
Received 22 Dec 202322 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4BQ
Received 30 Oct 202388 - 92 Moorgate London EC2M 6SE
Received 16 Feb 2024120 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1AR
Received 11 Oct 202414-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 13 Dec 2024Millennium Bridge House 2 Lambeth Hill London EC4V 4AG
Received 10 Feb 202566 London Wall London EC2M 5TN
Received 10 Mar 2025New London House 6 London Street London EC3R 7LP
Received 10 Mar 2025Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Received 12 Mar 2025Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Received 12 Mar 202588 Leadenhall Street London EC3A 3BP
Received 14 Mar 2025Site Bounded By Worship Street, Curtain Road, Scrutton Street And Holywell Row, EC2A
Received 17 Mar 2025Harmsworth House 13 - 15 Bouverie Street London EC4Y 8DP
Received 20 Mar 202565 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ
Received 1 Apr 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for City of London Corporation, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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