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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tenter House 45 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AE
Received 12 Jun 2026Condor House 10 St Paul's Churchyard London EC4M 8AL
Received 12 Jun 2026Forum House 15 - 18 Lime Street London EC3M 7AN
Received 12 Jun 2026Forum House 15 - 18 Lime Street London EC3M 7AN
Received 12 Jun 2026Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 15 Jun 2026Regis House 45 King William Street London EC4R 9AN
Received 15 Jun 2026Offices 20 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1DP
Received 16 Jun 20269 Newbury Street London EC1A 7HU
Received 16 Jun 202670 - 71 Cheapside London EC2V 6EN
Received 16 Jun 202638 - 41 Houndsditch London EC3A 7DB
Received 16 Jun 2026Alder Castle House 10 Noble Street London EC2V 7JX
Received 16 Jun 2026Alder Castle House 10 Noble Street London EC2V 7JX
Received 16 Jun 2026Quantum House 22 - 24 Red Lion Court London EC4A 3EB
Received 17 Jun 2026New Moon Public House 88 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0DN
Received 17 Jun 2026(site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 17 Jun 20261 New Change London EC4M 9AF
Received 18 Jun 20261 Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN
Received 18 Jun 20261 Finsbury Avenue London EC2M 2PA
Received 15 Jun 20262 Hosier Lane London EC1A 9HB
Received 18 Jun 2026The Gilbert, 40 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1PX
Received 17 Jun 2026Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4AB
Received 18 Jun 202647 Ludgate Hill London EC4M 7JZ
Received 19 Jun 202665 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ
Received 19 Jun 2026Pavement Outside 44 Cheapside London EC2V 6AH
Received 19 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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