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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Baltic Exchange 38 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8EX
Received 21 Nov 202583 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 21 Nov 2025105 - 108 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1EX
Received 24 Nov 2025Golden Lane Leisure Centre Golden Lane Estate London EC1Y 0SH
Received 24 Nov 2025Golden Lane Leisure Centre Golden Lane Estate London EC1Y 0SH
Received 24 Nov 2025Golden Lane Leisure Centre Golden Lane Estate London EC1Y 0SH
Received 24 Nov 202580 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4BL
Received 24 Nov 202580 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4BL
Received 24 Nov 20251 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 25 Nov 20251 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 25 Nov 20253 Royal Court London EC3V 3LN
Received 26 Nov 2025Winchester House 75 London Wall London
Received 27 Nov 2025Development Site Winchester House 75 London Wall London
Received 27 Nov 20259 - 11 Angel Court London EC2R 7HB
Received 27 Nov 2025America House 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU
Received 27 Nov 2025Millennium Bridge House 2 Lambeth Hill London EC4V 4AG
Received 27 Nov 2025The Derby London City 5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Received 27 Nov 202520 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9DD
Received 27 Nov 2025Princes 7 Prince's Street London EC2R 8AQ
Received 27 Nov 2025Princes Court 7 Prince's Street London EC2R 8AQ
Received 27 Nov 2025Tideway Working Area Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DR
Received 28 Nov 202573 Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1BD
Received 28 Nov 20253 Devonshire Row 150 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4AF
Received 28 Nov 2025The Derby London City 5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Received 28 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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