Understanding planning · 13 min read
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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Millennium Bridge House 2 Lambeth Hill London EC4V 4AG
Received 9 Apr 202520 Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6EB
Received 15 Apr 2025Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 16 Apr 2025Flat 5 25 Savage Gardens London EC3N 2AR
Received 17 Apr 2025216 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4PT
Received 12 May 202540 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 22 May 202515 Old Bailey London EC4M 7EF
Received 17 Jun 202574 Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1BD
Received 17 Jun 202515 Old Bailey London EC4M 7EF
Received 18 Jun 202515 Old Bailey London EC4M 7EF
Received 18 Jun 202515 Old Bailey London EC4M 7EF
Received 18 Jun 2025City Tower And City Place House 40 - 55 Basinghall Street London EC2V
Received 20 Jun 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 23 Jun 20251 Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN
Received 25 Jun 20251 Silk Street London EC2Y 8AL
Received 26 Jun 2025Porter Tun Room The Brewery Milton Street London EC1Y 4SA
Received 26 Jun 2025Bevis Marks Synagogue Bevis Marks London EC3A 7LH
Received 26 Jun 2025Unilever House Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DY
Received 30 Jun 2025Unilever House Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DY
Received 30 Jun 2025St Andrew Undershaft Church St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BN
Received 1 Jul 2025The Monument Public House 18 Fish Street Hill London EC3R 6DB
Received 3 Jul 202515 Devonshire Square London EC2M 4YW
Received 4 Jul 20256 Bream's Buildings London EC4A 1HP
Received 4 Jul 202540 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 4 Jul 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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