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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Winchester House 75 London Wall London EC2M 5NG
Received 13 Aug 202540 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 13 Aug 2025The Baltic Exchange 38 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8EX
Received 13 Aug 2025155 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3TQ
Received 13 Aug 202560 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TZ
Received 13 Aug 202521 Lombard Street London EC3V 9AH
Received 14 Aug 2025155 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3TQ
Received 14 Aug 2025Swan Pier Swan Lane London
Received 14 Aug 2025101 Moorgate London EC2M 6SA
Received 14 Aug 2025Exchequer Court 33 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8AA
Received 14 Aug 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 14 Aug 202541 Lothbury London EC2R 7HF
Received 14 Aug 202541 Lothbury London EC2R 7HF
Received 14 Aug 202585 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 14 Aug 202521 Whitefriars Street London EC4Y 8JJ
Received 15 Aug 202521 Whitefriars Street London EC4Y 8JJ
Received 15 Aug 20251 - 3 St Paul's Churchyard London EC4M 8AP
Received 18 Aug 202514 Austin Friars London EC2N 2HE
Received 14 Aug 202541 Moorgate London EC2R 6PP
Received 19 Aug 2025Tideway Working Area Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore London Victoria Embankment EC4Y 0DR
Received 19 Aug 2025Blackfriars Railway Bridge Puddle Dock London
Received 19 Aug 2025Tideway Working Area Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore London Victoria Embankment EC4Y 0DR
Received 19 Aug 2025Livery Hall Dyers Hall 10 Dowgate Hill London EC4R 2ST
Received 20 Aug 2025Livery Hall Dyers Hall 10 Dowgate Hill London EC4R 2ST
Received 20 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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