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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Eastcheap London EC3M 1JA
Received 17 Dec 20251 Poultry London EC2R 8EJ
Received 17 Dec 2025200 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4HD
Received 11 Dec 20253 Devonshire Row 150 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4AH
Received 17 Dec 202520 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9DD
Received 17 Dec 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 18 Dec 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 18 Dec 2025First And Second Floor Flat 41 Charterhouse Square London EC1M 6EA
Received 18 Dec 202555 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 19 Dec 202561-65 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FD
Received 19 Dec 20251 New Change London EC4M 9AF
Received 19 Dec 2025Art Gallery Barbican Arts And Conference Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Received 22 Dec 2025Golden Lane Leisure Centre Golden Lane Estate London EC1Y 0SH
Received 22 Dec 2025Art Gallery Barbican Arts And Conference Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Received 22 Dec 2025Art Gallery Barbican Arts And Conference Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Received 22 Dec 202550 Cannon Street London EC4N 6JJ
Received 22 Dec 202550 Cannon Street London EC4N 6JJ
Received 22 Dec 2025West Market Building London Central Markets London EC1A 9PS
Received 22 Dec 20256 - 9 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LS
Received 22 Dec 2025(site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 22 Dec 2025Standon House, 21 Mansell Street, London, E1 8AN
Received 22 Dec 2025City of London School 107 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 3AL
Received 22 Dec 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 22 Dec 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 22 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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