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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Daniel House And Mersey House (Former Daily Telegraph Building) 131 - 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BJ
Received 10 Oct 2025The Bank of England Threadneedle Street London EC2R 8AH
Received 10 Oct 202510 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 3BE
Received 10 Oct 202517 Godliman Street London EC4V 5BD
Received 10 Oct 2025Bank of England Museum Bartholomew Lane London EC2R 8AH
Received 10 Oct 2025Bank of England Museum Bartholomew Lane London EC2R 8AH
Received 10 Oct 2025Scottish Provident Building 1 - 6 Lombard Street London EC3V 9AA
Received 10 Oct 2025Scottish Provident Building 1 - 6 Lombard Street London EC3V 9AA
Received 10 Oct 2025Scottish Provident Building 1 - 6 Lombard Street London EC3V 9AA
Received 10 Oct 20251 Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN
Received 10 Oct 20259 Newbury Street London EC1A 7HU
Received 13 Oct 2025The Bank of England Threadneedle Street London EC2R 8AH
Received 13 Oct 2025150 Aldersgate Street 3-4 Bartholomew Place London EC1A
Received 13 Oct 202560 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TZ
Received 9 Oct 202559 Broadgate Link Lower Concourse Liverpool Street Station Liverpool Street London EC2M 7PY
Received 13 Oct 2025Site Bounded By Worship Street, Curtain Road, Scrutton Street And Holywell Row EC2A
Received 9 Oct 202599-101, 103/107, 117 And 109-119 Waterloo Road And 124-126 Cornwall Road London SE1 8UL
Received 13 Oct 20255 Pump Court Middle Temple London EC4Y 7AP
Received 14 Oct 20255 Pump Court Middle Temple London EC4Y 7AP
Received 14 Oct 2025Bow Bells House 1 Bread Street London EC4M 9BE
Received 14 Oct 2025520 Bunyan Court Barbican London EC2Y 8DH
Received 14 Oct 20255 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LG
Received 14 Oct 2025Leadenhall Court 1 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1PP
Received 14 Oct 2025Princes Court 7 Prince's Street London EC2R 8AQ
Received 15 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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