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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Received 18 Feb 2026Retail Unit 3 1 Finsbury Avenue London EC2M 2PF
Received 18 Feb 2026Retail Unit 3 1 Finsbury Avenue London EC2M 2PF
Received 18 Feb 2026Salisbury Square London
Received 19 Feb 2026Development Site Salisbury Square London
Received 19 Feb 20261 Royal Exchange Avenue London EC3V 3LT
Received 19 Feb 202632 Coleman Street London EC2R 5AN
Received 19 Feb 2026147 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 4QT
Received 20 Feb 202661 - 65 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FD
Received 16 Feb 2026Retail Unit River House 119 - 121 Minories London EC3N 1DR
Received 20 Feb 2026Livery Hall Dyers Hall 10 Dowgate Hill London EC4R 2ST
Received 20 Feb 2026105 - 108 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1EX
Received 9 Feb 2026Tenter House 45 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AE
Received 23 Feb 2026323 Shakespeare Tower Barbican London EC2Y 8NJ
Received 23 Feb 20261 Undershaft London EC3A 8EE
Received 23 Feb 20261 Undershaft London EC3A 8EE
Received 23 Feb 20261 Undershaft London EC3A 8EE
Received 23 Feb 20261 Undershaft London EC3A 8EE
Received 23 Feb 2026Guildhall Guildhall Yard London EC2V 5AF
Received 24 Feb 20261 Undershaft London EC3A 8EE
Received 24 Feb 20261 Undershaft London EC3A 8EE
Received 24 Feb 20261 Undershaft London EC3A 8EE
Received 24 Feb 20261 Undershaft London EC3A 8EE
Received 24 Feb 202647-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 24 Feb 2026Records 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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