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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Leadenhall Street London EC3
Received 16 Jan 20261 - 3 Frederick's Place London EC2R 8AE
Received 16 Jan 20261 - 3 Frederick's Place London EC2R 8AE
Received 16 Jan 2026City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE
Received 19 Jan 2026(site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 19 Jan 2026(site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 19 Jan 2026(site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 19 Jan 2026167 Moorgate London EC2M 6XQ
Received 19 Jan 2026Pavement O/S 26 - 27 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AQ
Received 8 Jan 2026Woodins Shades Public House 212 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4PT
Received 8 Jan 20261 Queen's Head Passage London EC4M 7DZ
Received 8 Jan 20265 King William Street London EC4N 7DA
Received 8 Jan 2026The Globe Public House 83 Moorgate London EC2M 6SA
Received 8 Jan 20269 Bridewell Place London EC4V 6AW
Received 19 Jan 20269 Bridewell Place London EC4V 6AW
Received 19 Jan 20269 Bridewell Place London EC4V 6AW
Received 19 Jan 2026Golden Lane Leisure Centre Golden Lane Estate London EC1Y 0SH
Received 19 Jan 202672 Cheapside London EC2V 6EN
Received 20 Jan 2026105 - 108 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1EX
Received 15 Jan 202611 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1LP
Received 20 Jan 2026Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 20 Jan 202614-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 15 Jan 202636 - 38 Cornhill London EC3V 3NG
Received 15 Jan 202638 - 41 Houndsditch London EC3A 7DB
Received 21 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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