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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Bound By Fenchurch Street, Mark Lane, Dunster Court And Mincing Lane London EC3M 3JQ
Received 20 Oct 20251 George Yard London EC3V 9DF
Received 20 Oct 2025Land Bound By Fenchurch Street, Mark Lane, Dunster Court And Mincing Lane London EC3M 3JQ
Received 20 Oct 2025Bankside House, 24 Sumner Street, London
Received 14 Oct 2025London College of Printing And Graphic Art, Elephant And Castle, London
Received 16 Oct 2025125 - 130 London Wall London EC2Y 5AS
Received 21 Oct 2025Mersey House And Daniel House 131 - 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BH
Received 21 Oct 2025Mersey House And Daniel House 131 - 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BH
Received 21 Oct 2025Mersey House And Daniel House 131 - 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BH
Received 21 Oct 2025Mersey House And Daniel House 131 - 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BH
Received 21 Oct 202580 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4BL
Received 21 Oct 202520 Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6EB
Received 21 Oct 20256 - 11 Crescent London EC3N 2LY
Received 22 Oct 2025Land Bounded By Wandsworth Road, Parry Street, Bondway, Miles Street And Railway Viaduct London SW8
Received 17 Oct 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 21 Oct 20255 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LG
Received 21 Oct 20253 - 6 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AT
Received 22 Oct 202585 Andrewes House Barbican London EC2Y 8AY
Received 22 Oct 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 22 Oct 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 22 Oct 202580 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4BL
Received 23 Oct 202580 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4BL
Received 23 Oct 2025Southampton Buildings London WC2A 1AL
Received 20 Oct 20255 Moor Lane London EC2Y 9BA
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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