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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 - 46, The Vaults, Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SB
Received 9 Jul 2026(site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA
Received 10 Jul 202640 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 10 Jul 2026Aldgate House 33 Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1AH
Received 10 Jul 2026Kings College Maughan Library Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LR
Received 10 Jul 20265A, 5B And 6-10 Wardrobe Place (including 53-57 Carter Lane), 1-8 Addle Hill & 146A Queen Victoria Street
Received 13 Jul 202659 Carter Lane London EC4V 5AQ
Received 13 Jul 202617-18 Widegate Street London E1 7HP
Received 13 Jul 2026New Moon Public House 88 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0DN
Received 13 Jul 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 13 Jul 202611 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1LP
Received 14 Jul 20261 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 14 Jul 202633 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1EN
Received 14 Jul 2026Tenter House 45 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AE
Received 14 Jul 2026Bus Shelter Adjacent St Andrew Holborn Holborn Viaduct London
Received 14 Jul 2026Bus Shelter Adjacent 50 Holborn Viaduct London
Received 14 Jul 2026105 - 108 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1EX
Received 14 Jul 202660 Chiswell Street London EC1Y 4AG
Received 14 Jul 2026Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 15 Jul 2026Cripplegate House 1 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RR
Received 15 Jul 2026Site Bounded By King William Street, Cannon Street, Abchurch Lane & Nicholas Lane London EC4N 7DA
Received 15 Jul 202665 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HT
Received 16 Jul 202638 Threadneedle Street London EC2R 8AY
Received 16 Jul 202638 Threadneedle Street London EC2R 8AY
Received 16 Jul 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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