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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 6 Oct 2025Alder Castle House 10 Noble Street London EC2V 7JX
Received 6 Oct 202537 Old Jewry London EC2R 8DD
Received 30 Sept 2025343 Shakespeare Tower Barbican London EC2Y 8NJ
Received 6 Oct 2025Goldsmiths Hall Foster Lane London EC2V 6BN
Received 6 Oct 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 3 Oct 2025Carpmael Building Middle Temple Lane London EC4Y 7AT
Received 7 Oct 2025Unit 3 Plantation Place 30 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 3BD
Received 7 Oct 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 8 Oct 202580 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4BL
Received 8 Oct 202527 - 28 Newbury Street London EC1A 7HU
Received 8 Oct 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 8 Oct 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 8 Oct 2025Pavement O/S 31 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LA
Received 6 Oct 20251 London Wall London EC2Y 5EA
Received 6 Oct 20251 Bartholomew Lane London EC2N 2AX
Received 6 Oct 2025Kings Stores Public House 14 Widegate Street London E1 7HP
Received 8 Oct 202533 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1HW
Received 9 Oct 202529 Clement's Lane London EC4N 7AE
Received 9 Oct 202514 New Bridge Street London EC4V 6AG
Received 9 Oct 20255 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LG
Received 9 Oct 2025Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 3 Oct 202560 Gresham Street London EC2V 7BB
Received 10 Oct 2025Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 10 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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