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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Quantum House 22 - 24 Red Lion Court London EC4A 3EB
Received 30 Sept 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 26 Sept 2025Leadenhall Court 1 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1PP
Received 29 Sept 20253 - 4 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1DW
Received 25 Sept 20257 Devonshire Square London EC2M 4YH
Received 30 Sept 20252 Plowden Buildings Middle Temple Lane London EC4Y 9BU
Received 1 Oct 202580 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4BL
Received 1 Oct 2025118 Middlesex Street London E1 7HY
Received 1 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London
Received 2 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London
Received 2 Oct 202565 Fleet Street London
Received 2 Oct 20255 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Received 2 Oct 20255 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Received 2 Oct 2025Morrison Flats North, 35A Commercial Road, London
Received 26 Sept 2025170 Fleet Street London EC4A 2EA
Received 2 Oct 202519 - 21 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AR
Received 2 Oct 2025150 - 152 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 6BB
Received 2 Oct 2025150 - 152 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 6BB
Received 2 Oct 2025Peterborough Court 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BB
Received 2 Oct 2025313 Lauderdale Tower Barbican London EC2Y 8NA
Received 2 Oct 202583 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 3 Oct 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 3 Oct 20252 Burgon Street London EC4V 5DR
Received 3 Oct 2025Golden Lane Leisure Centre Golden Lane Estate London EC1Y 0SH
Received 6 Oct 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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