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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
99 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EH
Received 28 Nov 2025Development Site Salisbury Square London
Received 28 Nov 202599 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EH
Received 28 Nov 20253 Middle Street London EC1A 7JA
Received 1 Dec 202554 King William Street London EC4R 9AD
Received 1 Dec 202555 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 1 Dec 202517 Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6ER
Received 1 Dec 202517 Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6ER
Received 1 Dec 202599 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EH
Received 1 Dec 202515 - 17 Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6ER
Received 1 Dec 2025Golden Lane Leisure Centre Golden Lane Estate London EC1Y 0SH
Received 1 Dec 2025131 Middlesex Street London E1 7JF
Received 2 Dec 202523 Walbrook London EC4N 8AF
Received 2 Dec 2025Providian House 16 - 18 Monument Street London EC3R 8AJ
Received 2 Dec 2025Providian House 16 - 18 Monument Street London EC3R 8AJ
Received 2 Dec 2025Providian House 16 - 18 Monument Street London EC3R 8AJ
Received 2 Dec 2025120 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1AR
Received 2 Dec 2025St Magnus House 3 Lower Thames Street London EC3R 6HD
Received 3 Dec 2025St Magnus House 3 Lower Thames Street London EC3R 6HD
Received 3 Dec 2025Livery Hall Dyers Hall 10 Dowgate Hill London EC4R 2ST
Received 3 Dec 2025Land Bound By Fenchurch Street, Mark Lane, Dunster Court And Mincing Lane London EC3M 3JQ
Received 3 Dec 2025Carriageway Adjacent To 3 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TQ
Received 3 Dec 202520 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9DD
Received 3 Dec 2025The Bank of England Threadneedle Street London EC2R 8AH
Received 4 Dec 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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