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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Queen Street London EC4R 1BR
Received 31 Jul 202530 Queen Street London EC4R 1BR
Received 31 Jul 202530 Queen Street London EC4R 1BR
Received 31 Jul 202530 Queen Street London EC4R 1BR
Received 31 Jul 202530 Queen Street London EC4R 1BR
Received 31 Jul 202530 Queen Street London EC4R 1BR
Received 31 Jul 202530 Queen Street London EC4R 1BR
Received 31 Jul 202530 Queen Street London EC4R 1BR
Received 31 Jul 202530 Queen Street London EC4R 1BR
Received 31 Jul 2025City Tower And City Place House 40 - 55 Basinghall Street London EC2V
Received 31 Jul 2025Salisbury House 1 Circus Place London EC2M 5QQ
Received 22 Jul 2025The Woolgate 25 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5HA
Received 24 Jul 2025PNB House 77 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4AY
Received 28 Jul 2025St Magnus House 3 Lower Thames Street London EC3R 6HD
Received 31 Jul 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 1 Aug 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 1 Aug 202510 Leake Street, Lambeth SE1 7NN
Received 22 Jul 20252-3 Finsbury Avenue London EC2M 2PF
Received 1 Aug 20252-3 Finsbury Avenue London EC2M 2PF
Received 1 Aug 20252-3 Finsbury Avenue London EC2M 2PF
Received 1 Aug 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 1 Aug 202538th And 39th Floor Retail Unit 110 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4AY
Received 1 Aug 202538th And 39th Floor Retail Unit 110 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4AY
Received 1 Aug 20254 College Hill London EC4R 2RB
Received 4 Aug 2025Records 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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