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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Bound By Fenchurch Street, Mark Lane, Dunster Court And Mincing Lane London EC3M 3JQ
Received 6 Jan 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 6 Jan 2026St Mary Le Bow Church Cheapside London EC2V 6AU
Received 22 Dec 2025100 New Bridge Street London EC4V 6JA
Received 6 Jan 202620 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9DD
Received 7 Jan 202668 King William Street London EC4N 7HR
Received 7 Jan 202635 - 36 Blomfield Street London EC2M 7BD
Received 7 Jan 202647-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 6 Jan 202647-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 24 Dec 202522 -24 Southwark Bridge Road, London, Southwark
Received 7 Jan 2026Liverpool Street Bus Station Liverpool Street London EC2M 7PY
Received 6 Jan 2026St Mary Abchurch House 123 - 127 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AU
Received 7 Jan 202661 St Martin's-le-grand London EC1A 4ER
Received 7 Jan 202618 - 19 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0BG
Received 8 Jan 2026301-303 Ilderton Road, London, Southwark
Received 7 Jan 20264 Fenchurch Avenue London EC3M 5BS
Received 7 Jan 202613 - 15 Moorgate London EC2R 6AD
Received 9 Jan 20261 Exchange Square London EC2A 2EH
Received 12 Jan 2026Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 12 Jan 202620 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9DD
Received 8 Jan 2026105 - 108 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1EX
Received 24 Dec 2025Land At Regis Road London NW5 3EW
Received 12 Jan 2026St Magnus House 3 Lower Thames Street London EC3R 6HD
Received 12 Jan 2026Aldersgate House 135 - 137 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4JA
Received 13 Jan 2026Records 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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