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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Ned Hotel 27 Poultry London EC2R 8AJ
Received 17 Nov 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 17 Nov 2025The Derby London City 5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Received 17 Nov 202588 Wood Street London EC2V 7DA
Received 17 Nov 202560 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1JU
Received 17 Nov 2025City of London School For Girls St Giles' Terrace Barbican London EC2Y 8BB
Received 17 Nov 202577 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AS
Received 18 Nov 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 14 Nov 202574 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1QT
Received 18 Nov 2025Alder Castle House 10 Noble Street London EC2V 7JX
Received 18 Nov 20251 Ludgate Circus London EC4M 7LW
Received 18 Nov 20251 Ludgate Circus London EC4M 7LW
Received 18 Nov 2025Alban Gate 125 - 130 London Wall London EC2
Received 19 Nov 202528 Tudor Street London EC4Y 0AY
Received 19 Nov 2025508 Gilbert House Barbican London EC2Y 8BD
Received 19 Nov 2025The Derby London City 5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Received 20 Nov 20251 - 5 Moorgate London EC2R 6AB
Received 20 Nov 20256-8 Bishopsgate & 150 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 4QT
Received 20 Nov 202533 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1HW
Received 20 Nov 2025Development Site Salisbury Square London
Received 20 Nov 2025105 - 108 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1EX
Received 21 Nov 2025St Magnus House 3 Lower Thames Street London EC3R 6HD
Received 21 Nov 2025Regis House 45 King William Street London EC4R 9AN
Received 21 Nov 2025Alban Gate 125 - 130 London Wall London EC2
Received 21 Nov 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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