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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN
Received 14 May 2026Tenter House 45 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AE
Received 14 May 2026105 - 108 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1EX
Received 14 May 20261 - 2 Serjeants' Inn, London, EC4Y 1AG
Received 15 May 202611 King's Bench Walk London EC4Y 7EQ
Received 15 May 2026Atlas House 1 - 7 King Street London EC2V 8AU
Received 15 May 2026Art Gallery Barbican Arts And Conference Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Received 15 May 2026St Clements House 27 Clement's Lane London EC4N 7AE
Received 15 May 2026Atlas House 1 - 7 King Street London EC2V 8AU
Received 15 May 20261 Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN
Received 15 May 202640 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 15 May 202636 - 38 Leadenhall Street London EC3A 1AT
Received 15 May 2026Simpsons Tavern 38 And A Half Cornhill London EC3V 9DR
Received 15 May 2026Site Bounded By King William Street, Cannon Street, Abchurch Lane & Nicholas Lane London EC4N 7DA
Received 18 May 2026Site Bounded By King William Street, Cannon Street, Abchurch Lane & Nicholas Lane London EC4N 7DA
Received 18 May 2026Liverpool Street Station Liverpool Street London EC2M 7PY
Received 18 May 20261 London Wall Buildings London EC2M 5PG
Received 18 May 202625 Cannon Street London EC4M 5SB
Received 18 May 202663 - 66 Coleman Street And 35-39 Moorgate London EC2R 5BX
Received 13 May 2026Development Site 2 Finsbury Avenue London
Received 18 May 202640 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 18 May 2026Juxon House 100 St Paul's Churchyard London EC4M 8BU
Received 19 May 202659 Carter Lane London EC4V 5AQ
Received 19 May 202666 Shoe Lane London EC4A 3BQ
Received 19 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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