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1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Moorgate London EC2R 6AG
Received 21 Aug 2026Finsbury House 23 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7EA
Received 24 Aug 2026Finsbury House 23 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7EA
Received 24 Aug 202613 Bishopsgate London EC2N 3BA
Received 24 Aug 202625 Gresham Street London EC2V 7HN
Received 25 Aug 20266 Bevis Marks London EC3A 7BA
Received 25 Aug 202699 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NG
Received 25 Aug 202699 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NG
Received 25 Aug 2026St Mary Abchurch House 123 - 127 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AU
Received 26 Aug 2026140 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 4QT
Received 26 Aug 2026140 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 4QT
Received 26 Aug 2026Development Site Salisbury Square London
Received 26 Aug 2026115 - 123 Houndsditch London EC3A 7BU
Received 26 Aug 202634 - 36 Ludgate Hill London EC4M 7DE
Received 27 Aug 2026Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Received 27 Aug 2026Tower 42 International Financial Centre 25 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1HQ
Received 27 Aug 2026Rising Sun Public House 61 Carter Lane London EC4V 5DY
Received 27 Aug 202671 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4AY
Received 27 Aug 2026Seal House 1 Swan Lane London EC4R 3TN
Received 28 Aug 202614-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 28 Aug 20265 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LG
Received 28 Aug 2026Allianz House 60 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Received 31 Aug 202667 Lombard Street London EC3V 9LJ
Received 31 Aug 20261 - 14 Liverpool Street And 11 - 12 Blomfield Street London EC2M 7AW
Received 25 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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