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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 4 Dec 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 4 Dec 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 4 Dec 202567 Long Lane London EC1A 9EJ
Received 4 Dec 2025Leadenhall Court 1 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1PP
Received 4 Dec 202581 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ
Received 4 Dec 2025Finsbury Circus Gardens Finsbury Circus London
Received 4 Dec 2025Poultry Market Charterhouse Street London EC1A 9LH
Received 4 Dec 2025St Mary Abchurch House 123 - 127 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AU
Received 4 Dec 2025117 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AX
Received 5 Dec 2025Site Boundary 40 Leadenhall Street London
Received 5 Dec 202530 - 32 Ludgate Hill London EC4M 7DR
Received 5 Dec 2025Lloyds Chambers 1 Portsoken Street London E1 8BT
Received 5 Dec 2025Private Gardens Laurence Pountney Lane London
Received 5 Dec 202560 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TZ
Received 8 Dec 2025Development Site 2 Aldermanbury Square London
Received 8 Dec 20251 Poultry London EC2R 8EJ
Received 8 Dec 20251 Poultry London EC2R 8EJ
Received 8 Dec 202511 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1LP
Received 8 Dec 2025120 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1AR
Received 8 Dec 2025Poultry Market Charterhouse Street London EC1A 9LH
Received 8 Dec 2025Poultry Market Charterhouse Street London EC1A 9LH
Received 8 Dec 2025Poultry Market Charterhouse Street London EC1A 9LH
Received 8 Dec 2025Livery Hall Dyers Hall 10 Dowgate Hill London EC4R 2ST
Received 8 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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