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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Crutched Friars London EC3N 2AE
Received 20 Oct 2025Bevis Marks Synagogue Bevis Marks London EC3A 7LH
Received 20 Oct 202536 - 37 Old Jewry London EC2R 8DD
Received 21 Oct 2025The South Quay Building, 77 Marsh Wall, London, E14 9SH
Received 21 Oct 2025Telecommunications Mast Bishopsgate Police Station 182 Bishopsgate London
Received 21 Oct 2025Founders Hall 1 Cloth Fair London EC1A 7JQ
Received 24 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 24 Oct 202580 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4BL
Received 27 Oct 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 27 Oct 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 27 Oct 2025Tenter House 45 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AE
Received 23 Oct 2025Phoenix House 18 King William Street London EC4N 7BP
Received 27 Oct 202563, Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HJ
Received 27 Oct 202538 - 41 Houndsditch London EC3A 7DB
Received 28 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 28 Oct 202590 Bartholomew Close London EC1A 7BN
Received 28 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 28 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 28 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 28 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 28 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 28 Oct 2025Tenter House 45 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AE
Received 28 Oct 2025Guildhall Building Structure Guildhall Yard London EC2V 7HH
Received 29 Oct 2025Retail Unit 32 Upper Concourse Liverpool Street Station Liverpool Street London EC2M 7PY
Received 29 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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