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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.
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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Basinghall Avenue London EC2V 5DD
Received 21 Jan 20266 King's Bench Walk London EC4Y 7DR
Received 21 Jan 2026Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 22 Jan 2026St Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8EH
Received 22 Jan 2026New Chapter House Bishops Gate East London EC2M 4HE
Received 22 Jan 20267 Newgate Street London EC1A 7NX
Received 23 Jan 20261 Bishopsgate Plaza 3 Devonshire Row 150 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4AJ
Received 23 Jan 2026St Magnus House 3 Lower Thames Street London EC3R 6HD
Received 23 Jan 2026Crescent House Golden Lane Estate London EC1Y 0SL
Received 23 Jan 2026Crescent House Golden Lane Estate London EC1Y 0SL
Received 23 Jan 2026Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 23 Jan 2026St Mary Abchurch House 123 - 127 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AU
Received 26 Jan 2026The Ned Hotel 27 Poultry London EC2R 8AJ
Received 26 Jan 202625 Copthall Avenue London EC2R 7BP
Received 26 Jan 202680 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4BL
Received 26 Jan 2026Salters Hall Gardens St Alphage Garden London EC2
Received 26 Jan 2026Guildhall Guildhall Yard London EC2P 2EJ
Received 27 Jan 2026Guildhall Guildhall Yard London EC2P 2EJ
Received 27 Jan 202610 Exchange Square London EC2A 2BR
Received 27 Jan 20265 Groveland Court London EC4M 9EH
Received 27 Jan 2026100 New Bridge Street London EC4V 6JA
Received 27 Jan 2026St Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8EH
Received 20 Jan 2026Alder Castle House 10 Noble Street London EC2V 7JX
Received 27 Jan 2026Central Criminal Court Old Bailey London EC4M 7EH
Received 27 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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