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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Bounded By Wandsworth Road, Parry Street, Bondway, Miles Street And Railway Viaduct, London, SW8
Received 22 Jan 202665 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ
Received 30 Jan 202661 - 65 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FD
Received 30 Jan 2026St Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8EH
Received 30 Jan 2026140 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 6BL
Received 2 Feb 2026140 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 6BL
Received 2 Feb 2026Guildhall School of Music And Drama Silk Street London EC2Y 8DT
Received 2 Feb 2026Guildhall School of Music And Drama Silk Street London EC2Y 8DT
Received 2 Feb 2026Guildhall School of Music And Drama Silk Street London EC2Y 8DT
Received 2 Feb 2026Guildhall School of Music And Drama Silk Street London EC2Y 8DT
Received 2 Feb 2026Adelaide House London Bridge London EC4R 9HA
Received 2 Feb 2026Century House 5 Old Bailey London EC4M 7BA
Received 2 Feb 2026Faraday Building 136 - 144A Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4BU
Received 2 Feb 2026Warwick Court 5 Paternoster Square London EC4M 7DX
Received 2 Feb 2026Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 2 Feb 2026Adelaide House London Bridge London EC4R 9HA
Received 2 Feb 2026Procession House 55 Ludgate Hill London EC4M 7JW
Received 2 Feb 2026(site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 2 Feb 2026Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 3 Feb 2026Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 3 Feb 2026Development Site Salisbury Square London
Received 3 Feb 20262 - 7 Salisbury Court London EC4Y 8AA
Received 3 Feb 2026Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 3 Feb 2026Daniel House And Mersey House (Former Daily Telegraph Building) 131 - 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BJ
Received 3 Feb 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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