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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 - 14 Liverpool Street And 11 - 12 Blomfield Street London EC2M 7AW
Received 10 Jul 202581 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ
Received 10 Jul 202581 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ
Received 10 Jul 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 11 Jul 2025Liverpool Street Railway Station Liverpool Street London EC2M 7PY
Received 11 Jul 2025St Magnus House 3 Lower Thames Street London EC3R 6HD
Received 11 Jul 2025Baltic Street West London EC1Y 0ST
Received 10 Jul 202561 St Mary Axe, 80-86 Bishopsgate, 88-90 Bishopsgate, 12-20 Camomile Street, 15-16 St Helen's Place And 33-35 St Mary Axe (North Elevation Only), London EC3
Received 11 Jul 202594 Moorgate London EC2M 6UR
Received 11 Jul 20255 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LG
Received 11 Jul 2025187 Fleet Street London EC4A 2HS
Received 11 Jul 2025Barbican Centre And Pavement Outside The Service Road Entrance Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Received 14 Jul 2025Barbican Centre And Pavement Outside The Service Road Entrance Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Received 14 Jul 2025Ironmongers' Hall Shaftesbury Place London EC2Y 8AA
Received 14 Jul 202538 - 41 Houndsditch London EC3A 7DB
Received 14 Jul 2025Poultry Market Charterhouse Street London EC1A 9LH
Received 14 Jul 202540 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 14 Jul 2025Barbican Centre And Pavement Outside The Service Road Entrance Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Received 15 Jul 2025Bow Bells House 9 Bread Street London EC4M 9BE
Received 15 Jul 20252 Burgon Street London EC4V 5DR
Received 15 Jul 20251 - 4 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Received 15 Jul 20252 Burgon Street London EC4V 5DR
Received 15 Jul 2025Princes 7 Prince's Street London EC2R 8AQ
Received 11 Jul 20252 Burgon Street London EC4V 5DR
Received 15 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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