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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 22 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 22 Aug 20257 Devonshire Square London EC2M 4YH
Received 22 Aug 2025Newbury House 10 - 13 Newbury Street London EC1A 7HU
Received 22 Aug 2025120 Holborn London Camden EC1N 2TD
Received 22 Aug 2025200 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4HD
Received 22 Aug 2025Livery Hall Dyers Hall 10 Dowgate Hill London EC4R 2ST
Received 22 Aug 2025112 - 114 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BD
Received 22 Aug 202510 Fleet Place London EC4M 7RB
Received 22 Aug 2025Newbury House 10 - 13 Newbury Street London EC1A 7HU
Received 22 Aug 20251 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 25 Aug 202540 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 26 Aug 202575 King William Street London EC4N 7BE
Received 26 Aug 20251 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 26 Aug 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 14 Aug 2025115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 27 Aug 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 26 Aug 2025Warwick Court 5 Paternoster Square London EC4M 7DX
Received 27 Aug 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 29 Aug 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 29 Aug 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 29 Aug 20252-3 Finsbury Avenue London EC2M 2PF
Received 29 Aug 2025253 Lauderdale Tower Barbican London EC2Y 8BY
Received 29 Aug 202510-16 Bevis Marks London EC3A 7LH
Received 29 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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