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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Royal Exchange London EC3V 3LL
Received 3 Aug 2026Police Call Point Guildhall Yard London
Received 6 Aug 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 4 Aug 2026The Derby London City 5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Received 4 Aug 20262 Hosier Lane London EC1A 9HB
Received 8 Jul 20262 Hosier Lane London EC1A 9HB
Received 8 Jul 2026Millennium Bridge House 2 Lambeth Hill London EC4V 4AG
Received 4 Aug 2026Offices 1 Fleet Place London EC4M 7RA
Received 5 Aug 2026199 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3TY
Received 5 Aug 20269A - 9B Crutched Friars London EC3N 2AU
Received 5 Aug 202617-18 Widegate Street London E1 7HP
Received 5 Aug 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 5 Aug 202655 And 65 Old Broad Street London EC2M 1RX
Received 5 Aug 2026Faryners House 25 Monument Street London EC3R 8BQ
Received 5 Aug 2026St Mary Abchurch House 123 - 127 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AU
Received 6 Aug 202614-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 6 Aug 202620 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1DP
Received 7 Aug 202647-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 7 Aug 202663 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8AA
Received 7 Aug 2026Barbican Arts And Conference Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Received 7 Aug 2026Offices 65 London Wall London EC2M 5TU
Received 10 Aug 2026Regis House 45 King William Street London EC4R 9AN
Received 10 Aug 202648 - 51 Leadenhall Market London EC3V 1LT
Received 10 Aug 2026115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 10 Aug 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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