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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 24 Jul 202560 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TZ
Received 24 Jul 2025Land Bounded By Fleet Street, Salisbury Court, Salisbury Square, Primrose Hill & Whitefriars Street, London, EC4Y
Received 24 Jul 202560 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TZ
Received 24 Jul 20251 - 2 Broadgate London EC2M 2QS
Received 24 Jul 2025Leadenhall Court 1 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1PP
Received 24 Jul 202520 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9DD
Received 24 Jul 202514-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 25 Jul 202520 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9DD
Received 25 Jul 202585 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 25 Jul 2025Poultry Market And General Market And The Annexe Buildings West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 25 Jul 2025The Rex Building 62 Queen Street London EC4R 1EB
Received 25 Jul 202548 - 54 Moorgate London EC2R 6EJ
Received 25 Jul 202548 - 54 Moorgate London EC2R 6EJ
Received 25 Jul 202548 - 54 Moorgate London EC2R 6EJ
Received 25 Jul 20251 - 2 Broadgate London EC2M 2QS
Received 25 Jul 2025The Baltic Exchange 38 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8EX
Received 25 Jul 2025200 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4HD
Received 28 Jul 20252 - 3 Royal Exchange London EC3V 3LL
Received 24 Jul 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 28 Jul 20256 - 11 Crescent London EC3N 2LY
Received 28 Jul 20256 - 11 Crescent London EC3N 2LY
Received 28 Jul 2025The Leadenhall Building 122 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 4AB
Received 28 Jul 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 28 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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