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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Basildon House 7 - 11 Moorgate London EC2R 6AF
Received 28 Jan 2026Finsbury House 23 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7EA
Received 28 Jan 2026Finsbury House 23 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7EA
Received 28 Jan 202638 - 41 Houndsditch London EC3A 7DB
Received 28 Jan 202612 Gough Square London EC4A 3DW
Received 28 Jan 2026(site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 28 Jan 202685, The Lift House, Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HJ
Received 28 Jan 2026Thames Court 1 Queenhithe London EC4V 3DX
Received 29 Jan 20269 Bridewell Place London EC4V 6AW
Received 29 Jan 202647-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 29 Jan 202647-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 28 Jan 20261 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 30 Jan 2026St Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8EH
Received 30 Jan 2026Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 30 Jan 2026Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 30 Jan 2026Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 30 Jan 2026Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 30 Jan 202614-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 30 Jan 2026Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 30 Jan 202614-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 30 Jan 2026Pavement Outside 99 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3XD
Received 30 Jan 2026Bus Shelter Pavement Outside 186-190 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4NR
Received 30 Jan 2026Bus Shelter Pavement Outside 57 - 60 Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1AL
Received 30 Jan 2026Bus Shelter Adjacent Adelaide House London Bridge London
Received 30 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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