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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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 St Paul's Churchyard London EC4M 8AP
Received 14 Aug 2026Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Received 14 Aug 2026Central Criminal Court Old Bailey London EC4M 7EH
Received 14 Aug 2026Development Site Salisbury Square London
Received 14 Aug 2026Open Space Adjacent To Staple Inn Hall Staple Inn London
Received 14 Aug 2026Thavies Inn House 3 - 4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA
Received 17 Aug 2026Shaws Booksellers Public House 31 - 34 St Andrew's Hill London EC4V 5DE
Received 17 Aug 2026Alder Castle House 10 Noble Street London EC2V 7JX
Received 17 Aug 2026BAVARIA HOUSE, 13-14 Appold Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 2NB
Received 12 Aug 20261 Basinghall Avenue London EC2V 5DD
Received 18 Aug 2026Friary Court 65 Crutched Friars London EC3N 2AE
Received 18 Aug 2026The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2EW
Received 18 Aug 2026122 Minories And 14 Crosswall London EC3N 1NT
Received 18 Aug 2026Part Ground Floor, Part Basement And Part Sub-Basement 10 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1BR
Received 19 Aug 2026The Baltic Exchange 38 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8EX
Received 19 Aug 202620 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1DP
Received 19 Aug 2026Poultry Market And General Market And The Annexe Buildings West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 19 Aug 20262 Moorgate London EC2R 6AG
Received 20 Aug 2026105 - 108 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1EX
Received 25 Mar 20261 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU
Received 20 Aug 2026St Magnus House 3 Lower Thames Street London EC3R 6HD
Received 20 Aug 2026Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Received 20 Aug 2026Development Site Winchester House 75 London Wall London
Received 20 Aug 202699 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3XD
Received 20 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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