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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 3 Jun 2026City of London Primary Academy Islington London EC1Y 0AE
Received 13 May 202671 Defoe House Barbican London EC2Y 8DN
Received 3 Jun 20266-8 Bishopsgate & 150 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 4QT
Received 1 Jun 202647-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 3 Jun 2026St Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8EH
Received 29 May 2026Tenter House 45 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AE
Received 3 Jun 202620 Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6EB
Received 3 Jun 2026Tenter House 45 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AE
Received 3 Jun 2026122 Shakespeare Tower Barbican London EC2Y 8DR
Received 4 Jun 2026Friary Court 65 Crutched Friars London EC3N 2AE
Received 4 Jun 2026Friary Court 65 Crutched Friars London EC3N 2AE
Received 4 Jun 2026Fetter Lane Apartments 139 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1BT
Received 4 Jun 202671 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 4BR
Received 5 Jun 20262A Eastcheap London EC3M 1AE
Received 5 Jun 2026Faryners House 25 Monument Street London EC3R 8BQ
Received 5 Jun 2026Faryners House 25 Monument Street London EC3R 8BQ
Received 5 Jun 2026Garden East Corner of Noble Street Gresham Street London EC2V 7HN
Received 5 Jun 202668 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 4BR
Received 5 Jun 20261 New Change London EC4M 9AF
Received 5 Jun 20269 - 11 Angel Court London EC2R 7HB
Received 5 Jun 202645 Beech Street London EC2Y 8AD
Received 8 Jun 202688 Wood Street London EC2V 7DA
Received 8 Jun 2026St Botolph Without Aldgate Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1AB
Received 8 Jun 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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