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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.
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City of London Corporation
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of London Corporation. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,996Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
100%Approval rate · 1,480 approved or refused records
4Refused applications
1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Council contacts
- Planning enquiries02073321710Council source
- Planning enquiriesplans@cityoflondon.gov.ukCouncil source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas28 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
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More application records
- Under Consideration25/01803/FULMAJ
Demolition of the existing office building (Class E) and construction of a ground plus eight-storey building (9 storeys in total at a height of 46.34m AOD) to provide: purpose-built student accommodation (Sui Generis) comprising 127 rooms; student communal amenity space at ground floor level including incubator space; with associated hard and soft landscaping and associated works.
11 - 13 Crosswall London EC3N 2JY
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01805/FULL
Retrospective planning application for replacement of three condenser units at roof level with two air conditioning condenser units and the associated repositioning of one unit.
99 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NG
Received 23 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01806/MDC
Submission of a scheme of protective works pursuant to condition 3 of planning permission 24/01044/FULL dated 25/03/2025.
47-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01807/MDC
Submission of a site survey and survey of highway and other land at the perimeter of the site indicating the proposed finished floor levels at basement and ground floor levels in relation to the existing Ordnance Datum levels of the adjoining streets and open spaces pursuant to condition 7 of planning permission 24/01044/FULL dated 25/03/2025.
47-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01808/FULL
Installation of sliding hatch to the western elevation.
14 Paternoster Row London EC4M 7EJ
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Under Consideration25/01809/MDC
Submission of an update to the approved Whole Life-Cycle Carbon assessment to reaffirm the proposed strategy or demonstrate improvements pursuant to condition 8 of planning permission 24/01044/FULL dated 25/03/2025.
47-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01810/MDC
Submission of an operational management plan prior to the first use of the platform lift pursuant to condition 14 of planning permission 24/01267/FULL dated 18/08/2025.
99 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EH
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01811/MDC
Submission of details of suicide prevention measures and associated risk assessment to prevent jumping or falling from the development pursuant to condition 15 of planning permission 24/01267/FULL dated 18/08/2025.
99 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EH
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01812/MDC
Submission of a Deconstruction Logistics Plan to manage all freight vehicle movements to and from the site during deconstruction of the existing building(s), in consultation with Transport for London, pursuant to condition 5 of planning permission 24/01044/FULL dated 25/03/2025.
47 - 50 Mark Lane London EC3R 7QQ
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01813/MDC
Submission of d) Provide Demolition Method Statement / Risk Assessment; e) Provide details of any tall plant/scaffolding; f) Due to the shallow District line tunnels the entire width of Byward Street and Great Tower Street plus short lengths of Mark Lane and Seething Lane are designated "Streets of Engineering Difficulty" by LU under the New Roads & Streetworks Act. Thus any works to kerbs, paving, landscaping, utilities etc in these roads would need the explicit approval of the LU Streetworks Team; pursuant to condition 16 part d, e and f of planning permission 24/01044/FULL dated 25/03/2025.
47-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01814/MDC
Submission of enlistment to the Non-Road Mobile Machinery Register pursuant to condition 24 of planning permission 22/01245/FULMAJ dated 20 September 2023, as amended by 24/01044/FULL on 25 March 2024.
47-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01815/MDC
Submission of an updated Sustainability and Energy Assessment pursuant to Condition 24 of planning permission 25/00540/FULL dated 07/11/2025.
105 - 108 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1EX
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01816/MDC
Submission of a scheme of protective works pursuant to condition 5 of planning permission 24/01331/FULL dated 04/03/2025.
25 Hosier Lane London EC1A 9LQ
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01817/LBC
Internal alterations including the installation of partly fixed partitions associated with use as a golf simulator studio; Fixing of external advertisement signage including a projecting sign and wall mounted sign.
51 - 53 Coleman Street London EC2R 5JJ
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01818/MDC
Submission of a scheme which specifies the fume extract arrangements, details relating to mounting of mechanical plant, and inclusive access management plan, pursuant to conditions 5, 6 and 8 of planning permission dated 03/09/2025 (ref: 25/00531/FULL )
1 Basinghall Avenue London EC2V 5DD
Received 24 Dec 2025 - Decided25/01819/NMA
Application for non-material amendment under S96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to amend condition 15 (s278) of planning permission 19/01364/FULL dated 13.09.2023 for amendments to the wording of that condition as a Section 278 agreement would not be required.
41 Lothbury London EC2R 7HF
Received 31 Dec 2025 - Under Consideration22/01200/FULMAJ/DOV
Deed of Variation to vary the Section 106 agreement dated 7 October 2024 relating to the planning permission reference 22/01200/FULMAJ.
1 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided26/00001/FULL
Replacement of 1 existing window with sash window.
Ye Olde Watling Public House 29 Watling Street London EC4M 9BR
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00003/FULL
Installation of 1 retractable canvas awning with signage measuring 5m wide x 1.1m deep, mounted at a height of 2.2m above ground level.
Ye Olde Watling Public House 29 Watling Street London EC4M 9BR
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00004/ADVT
Installation and display of awning signage, comprising (i) one logo measuring 1.5m wide x 0.7m high located on main body of awning, and (ii) text reading 'YE OLDE WATLING' measuring 1.5m wide x 0.2m high located on valance of awning.
Ye Olde Watling Public House 29 Watling Street London EC4M 9BR
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00005/MDC
Submission of details of the provision to be made in the building's design to enable the discreet installation of street lighting on the development, including details of the location of light fittings, cable runs and other necessary apparatus pursuant to condition 19 of planning permission 22/00867/FULMAJ dated 14/09/2023.
20 Giltspur Street London EC1
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00006/MDC
Submission of details of plant noise, installation and maintenance pursuant to condition 11 of planning permission 19/00141/FULL dated 07/06/2019.
Bevis Marks Synagogue Heneage Lane London EC3A 5DQ
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00007/NMA
Non-material amendments under Section 96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to planning permission 22/01070/FULMAJ dated 05 January 2024 to: (i) revise column design, (ii) revise upper-level cladding specification, (iii) accommodate equal access through providing a ground floor ramp
9 Bridewell Place London EC4V 6AW
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Under Consideration26/00008/MDC
Submission of (a) accommodate the location of the existing London Underground structures and tunnels and assess any structural impact due to the proposed works; (b) provide detailed design and Risk Assessment Method Statement for all demolition, temporary and permanent works; (c) provide detailed design and Risk Assessment Method Statement on the use of tall plant/scaffolding/lifting equipment; (d) demonstrate that there will at no time be any potential security risk to our railway, property or structures; (e) mitigate the effects of noise arising from the proposed works on LU assets; and (f) no works to commence on any part of TfL/LU Property or in it's airspace until any agreements required with TfL Engineering, TfL Property or TfL Legal have been agreed and signed by all parties pursuant to condition 5 of planning permission 24/00155/FULL dated 02/07/2024.
42 - 43 Charterhouse Square London EC1M 6EW
Received 5 Jan 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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