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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
88 Wood Street London EC2V 7DA
Received 8 Jun 20261 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 8 Jun 20261 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 8 Jun 2026Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 9 Jun 2026Condor House 10 St Paul's Churchyard London EC4M 8AL
Received 9 Jun 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 9 Jun 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 9 Jun 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 9 Jun 202660 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TZ
Received 9 Jun 202660 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TZ
Received 9 Jun 20261 Great St Helen's London EC3A 6AP
Received 9 Jun 2026Development Site Salisbury Square London
Received 10 Jun 2026Finsbury House 23 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7EA
Received 10 Jun 2026Finsbury House 23 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7EA
Received 10 Jun 2026Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 10 Jun 20261 New Change London EC4M 9AF
Received 11 Jun 2026New Street Square London EC4A 3BF
Received 11 Jun 202638- 48 Southwark Bridge Road, London, Southwark
Received 10 Jun 2026London Bridge Walk, London, Southwark
Received 9 Jun 2026Aldgate Underground Station Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1AH
Received 11 Jun 2026Livery Hall 39A Bartholomew Close London EC1A 7JN
Received 11 Jun 202638 - 41 Houndsditch London EC3A 7DB
Received 12 Jun 2026Tenter House 45 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AE
Received 12 Jun 2026Tenter House 45 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AE
Received 12 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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