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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 29 Aug 2025Exchange House 12 Primrose Street London EC2A 2EG
Received 29 Aug 2025Fleet Place House 2 Fleet Place London EC4M 7RF
Received 29 Aug 2025Leadenhall Court 1 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1PP
Received 26 Aug 2025The Ned Hotel 27 Poultry London EC2R 8AJ
Received 1 Sept 2025The Ned Hotel 27 Poultry London EC2R 8AJ
Received 1 Sept 202562 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1JU
Received 1 Sept 2025The Ned Hotel 27 Poultry London EC2R 8AJ
Received 1 Sept 2025605 Gilbert House Barbican London EC2Y 8BD
Received 1 Sept 2025St Paul's House 8 - 12 Warwick Lane London EC4M 7BP
Received 2 Sept 202540 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 2 Sept 2025Lord Mayors Residence The Mansion House Mansion House Street London EC4N 8BH
Received 2 Sept 2025Lord Mayors Residence The Mansion House Mansion House Street London EC4N 8BH
Received 2 Sept 202561 - 65 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FD
Received 2 Sept 2025St Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8EH
Received 3 Sept 2025St Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8EH
Received 3 Sept 202565 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ
Received 1 Sept 2025Ashley Building Middle Temple Lane London EC4Y 9BT
Received 20 Aug 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 3 Sept 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 3 Sept 2025Aldersgate House 135 - 137 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4JA
Received 3 Sept 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 26 Aug 202515 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1BW
Received 3 Sept 2025Land Bounded By Fleet Street, Salisbury Court, Salisbury Square, Primrose Hill & Whitefriars Street, London, EC4Y
Received 4 Sept 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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