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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement Outside 44 Cheapside London EC2V 6AH
Received 19 Jun 2026Vintners Place 68 Upper Thames Street London EC4V 3BJ
Received 22 Jun 202610 Lime Street London EC3M 7AA
Received 22 Jun 20262 New Change Passage London EC4M 9AG
Received 22 Jun 2026St Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8EH
Received 22 Jun 2026St Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8EH
Received 22 Jun 202624 - 25 Widegate Street London E1 7HP
Received 22 Jun 2026Middlesex Street Estate Gravel Lane London E1 7AF
Received 22 Jun 2026313 High Holborn London WC1V 7BN
Received 22 Jun 2026313 High Holborn London WC1V 7BN
Received 22 Jun 2026Shakespeare Tower Defoe Place Barbican London EC2Y 8DR
Received 22 Jun 2026St Clements House 27 Clement's Lane London EC4N 7AE
Received 23 Jun 2026Poultry Market And General Market And The Annexe Buildings West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 23 Jun 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 23 Jun 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 23 Jun 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 23 Jun 2026Vintners Place 68 Upper Thames Street London EC4V 3BJ
Received 24 Jun 20261 Old Jewry London EC2R 8DN
Received 24 Jun 2026Development Site 2 Finsbury Avenue London
Received 22 Jun 2026Central Criminal Court Old Bailey London EC4M 7EH
Received 24 Jun 2026Kennington And Walworth Delivery Centre, 111- 123 Crampton Street, London
Received 22 Jun 2026100 New Bridge Street London EC4V 6JA
Received 24 Jun 2026Faryners House 25 Monument Street London EC3R 8BQ
Received 24 Jun 2026Faryners House 25 Monument Street London EC3R 8BQ
Received 24 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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