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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Princes Court 7 Prince's Street London EC2R 8AQ
Received 15 Oct 2025Princes Court 7 Prince's Street London EC2R 8AQ
Received 15 Oct 2025Princes Court 7 Prince's Street London EC2R 8AQ
Received 15 Oct 202571 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 4BR
Received 15 Oct 202571 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 4BR
Received 15 Oct 202511 Pilgrim Street London EC4V 6RN
Received 15 Oct 2025Friary Court 65 Crutched Friars London EC3N 2AE
Received 15 Oct 20254 Lindsey Street London EC1A 9HP
Received 15 Oct 2025160 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4BF
Received 16 Oct 20253RD FLOOR SERVER/COMMS ROOM Dixon House 1 Lloyd's Avenue London EC3N 3DQ
Received 15 Oct 20251 Broadgate London EC2M 2QS
Received 16 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 16 Oct 2025Daniel House And Mersey House (Former Daily Telegraph Building) 131 - 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BJ
Received 16 Oct 2025The Baltic Exchange 38 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8EX
Received 16 Oct 202560 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 16 Oct 2025194 Fleet Street,London,EC4A 2LT
Received 16 Oct 2025The Baltic Exchange 38 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8EX
Received 17 Oct 2025The Baltic Exchange 38 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8EX
Received 17 Oct 2025122 Minories And 14 Crosswall London EC3N 1NT
Received 17 Oct 2025Poultry Market And General Market And The Annexe Buildings West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 17 Oct 2025Poultry Market And General Market And The Annexe Buildings West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 17 Oct 2025Bevis Marks Synagogue Bevis Marks London EC3A 7LH
Received 17 Oct 2025Daniel House And Mersey House (Former Daily Telegraph Building) 131 - 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BJ
Received 20 Oct 20251 Knightrider Court London EC4V 5BJ
Received 20 Oct 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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