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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Bounded By King William Street, Cannon Street, Abchurch Lane & Nicholas Lane London EC4N 7DA
Received 19 May 2026Site Bounded By King William Street, Cannon Street, Abchurch Lane & Nicholas Lane London EC4N 7DA
Received 19 May 2026Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4AB
Received 19 May 2026Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4AB
Received 19 May 2026Development Site 10 King William Street London
Received 19 May 2026Development Site 10 King William Street London
Received 19 May 202629 Martin Lane London EC4R 0DJ
Received 19 May 2026Lloyds Building 1 Lime Street London EC3M 7DQ
Received 19 May 202632 Coleman Street London EC2R 5AN
Received 19 May 20261 London Wall Buildings London EC2M 5PG
Received 20 May 20261 London Wall Buildings London EC2M 5PG
Received 20 May 2026Guildhall School of Music And Drama Silk Street London EC2Y 8DT
Received 20 May 20261 London Wall Buildings London EC2M 5PG
Received 20 May 202659 Carter Lane London EC4V 5AQ
Received 20 May 2026Scottish Provident Building 1 - 6 Lombard Street London EC3V 9AA
Received 20 May 20261-5 London Wall Buildings London Wall London EC2M 5PG
Received 20 May 2026Temple Gardens Middle Temple Lane London EC4Y 9AY
Received 20 May 2026St Clements House 27 Clement's Lane London EC4N 7AE
Received 20 May 202665 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ
Received 21 May 2026Offices 4 Moorgate London EC2R 6DA
Received 21 May 20266 Wallside Barbican London EC2Y 8BH
Received 21 May 2026140 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4HY
Received 22 May 202660 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TZ
Received 22 May 2026115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 22 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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