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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 - 65 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FD
Received 28 Apr 202661 - 65 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FD
Received 28 Apr 2026Development Site Winchester House 75 London Wall London
Received 28 Apr 2026Central Criminal Court Old Bailey London EC4M 7EH
Received 29 Apr 202620 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1DP
Received 27 Mar 202620 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1DP
Received 25 Mar 202699 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3XD
Received 17 Apr 202620 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1DP
Received 29 Apr 2026(site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 29 Apr 20261 New Change London EC4M 9AF
Received 30 Apr 202647-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 30 Apr 2026Middlesex Street Estate Gravel Lane London E1 7AF
Received 30 Apr 2026Furnival Chambers 32 Furnival Street London EC4A 1JQ
Received 30 Apr 202640 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 30 Apr 202640 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 30 Apr 202640 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 30 Apr 2026101 Newington Causeway, London, Southwark
Received 30 Apr 2026Temple Chambers 3 - 7 Temple Avenue London EC4Y 0HP
Received 30 Apr 2026Development Site Salisbury Square London
Received 30 Apr 2026Adelaide House London Bridge London EC4R 9HA
Received 30 Apr 2026Adelaide House London Bridge London EC4R 9HA
Received 30 Apr 2026The Tipperary Public House 66 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 30 Apr 202660 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0JP
Received 1 May 2026Kings College Maughan Library Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LR
Received 1 May 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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