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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 20 Aug 2025Leadenhall Court 1 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1PP
Received 20 Aug 202576 - 86 Fenchurch Street, 1 - 7 Northumberland Alley & 1 & 1A Carlisle Avenue London EC3N 2ES
Received 20 Aug 2025112 - 114 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BD
Received 20 Aug 2025112 - 114 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BD
Received 20 Aug 2025Ashley Building Middle Temple Lane London EC4Y 9BT
Received 20 Aug 2025Guildhall North Block Basinghall Street London EC2P 2EJ
Received 20 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 20 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 20 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 20 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 20 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 20 Aug 2025Inner Temple Treasury The Terrace Crown Office Row London EC4Y 7HL
Received 20 Aug 202575 London Wall London EC2M 5ND
Received 21 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 21 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 21 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 21 Aug 2025Alban Gate 125 - 130 London Wall London EC2
Received 21 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 21 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 21 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 21 Aug 2025Poultry Market And General Market And The Annexe Buildings West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 22 Aug 2025Poultry Market And General Market And The Annexe Buildings West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 22 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 22 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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