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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 24 Sept 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 24 Sept 2025Calcutta House Old Castle Street London E1 7NT
Received 22 Sept 2025Peterborough Court 133 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BB
Received 23 Sept 202515 - 17 Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6ER
Received 24 Sept 202515 - 17 Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6ER
Received 24 Sept 2025Irongate House 22 - 30 Dukes Place London EC3A 7LP
Received 24 Sept 2025Victoria House 25 Tudor Street London EC4Y 0DD
Received 24 Sept 2025Victoria House 25 Tudor Street London EC4Y 0DD
Received 24 Sept 2025Victoria House 25 Tudor Street London EC4Y 0DD
Received 25 Sept 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 25 Sept 2025Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 25 Sept 2025131 - 133 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AX
Received 25 Sept 2025The Old Deanery Dean's Court London EC4V 5AA
Received 26 Sept 2025The Old Deanery Dean's Court London EC4V 5AA
Received 26 Sept 20254 - 5 Devonshire Square London City of London EC2M 4YE
Received 26 Sept 202581 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ
Received 29 Sept 20257 - 8 Bishopsgate Churchyard London EC2M 3TJ
Received 29 Sept 202538 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1EN
Received 29 Sept 20251 New Change London EC4M 9AF
Received 29 Sept 2025Poultry Market Charterhouse Street London EC1A 9LH
Received 29 Sept 2025Second Floor West Goldsmith Building Inner Temple Lane London EC4Y 7BL
Received 30 Sept 2025Second Floor West Goldsmith Building Inner Temple Lane London EC4Y 7BL
Received 30 Sept 2025Tower 42 International Financial Centre 25 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1HQ
Received 30 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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