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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Exchange House 12 Primrose Street London EC2A 2EG
Received 5 Dec 20251 - 2 Broadgate London EC2M 2QS
Received 11 Dec 2025Alder Castle House 10 Noble Street London EC2V 7JX
Received 11 Dec 202554 King William Street London EC4R 9AD
Received 11 Dec 202522 - 24 Wormwood Street London EC2M 1RP
Received 11 Dec 2025Princes Court 7 Prince's Street London EC2R 8AQ
Received 12 Dec 202571 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 4BR
Received 12 Dec 2025America House 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU
Received 12 Dec 2025Lloyds Chambers 1 Portsoken Street London E1 8BT
Received 12 Dec 202567 Lombard Street London EC3V 9LJ
Received 12 Dec 202585 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 12 Dec 2025Peterborough Court And Daniel House 131 - 141 Fleet Street London
Received 15 Dec 202560 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0JP
Received 15 Dec 202565 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 5 Dec 2025Development Site 2 Aldermanbury Square London
Received 15 Dec 2025Development Site 2 Aldermanbury Square London
Received 15 Dec 2025Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 15 Dec 202551 Eastcheap London EC3M 1DT
Received 15 Dec 2025The Woolgate 25 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5HA
Received 15 Dec 20257 - 8 Carthusian Street London EC1M 6EB
Received 8 Dec 2025167 Fleet Street London EC4A 2EA
Received 9 Dec 202510 Gresham Street London EC2V 7JD
Received 16 Dec 2025Library Barbican Arts And Conference Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Received 16 Dec 202511 Ironmonger Lane London EC2V 8EY
Received 10 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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