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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.
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City of London Corporation
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of London Corporation. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,996Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
100%Approval rate · 1,480 approved or refused records
4Refused applications
1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Council contacts
- Planning enquiries02073321710Council source
- Planning enquiriesplans@cityoflondon.gov.ukCouncil source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas28 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
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More application records
- Under Consideration26/01233/MDC
Submission of details of (i) particulars and sample of materials to be used on all external faces of the buildings including external ground and upper level surfaces (ii) details of all elevations of the buildings including details of typical bays (iii) typical details of all office terrace doors (iv) details of all ground floor elevations (v) details of all soffits, handrails and balustrade and (v) details of the plant enclosure pursuant to condition 2(a), (b), (d), (e), (g) and (k) of Planning Permission 25/01274/FULL dated 29.01.2026.
1 Old Jewry London EC2R 8DN
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Decided26/01234/MDC
Submission of Anti-Vibration Mounts Technical Note pursuant to discharge of Condition 4 of planning permission 20/00789/FULL dated 08.01.2021.
General Market West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Decided26/01235/MDC
Submission of Technical Note pursuant to partial discharge of condiiton 42(i) of planning permission 23/00867/FULMAJ dated 27.09.2024.
40 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01236/MDC
Submission of Foundation Design and Construction Method Statement pursuant to discharge of condition 18 of planning permission 17/01050/FULMAJ dated 29.09.2020.
Development Site 45 Moorfields London
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01237/PODC
Submission of the Delivery and Servicing Management Plan pursuant to Schedule 3 Paragraph 7.1 of the S106 Agreement dated 12 September 2023 (Planning Application Reference: 22/00867/FULMAJ).
20 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9AW
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Decided26/01239/MDC
Submission of technical response pursuant to discharge of conditions 8, 28 (part) and 29 of planning permission 25/01245/FULL dated 06.02.2026.
London Stock Exchange 10 Paternoster Square London EC4M 7DY
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01240/LDC
Submission of details of masonry and joinery repairs pursuant to condition 3 of Listed Building Consent 25/00756/LBC (dated 19.08.2025).
North Wing St Bartholomews Hospital West Smithfield London EC1A 7BE
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01241/MDC
Submission of BREEAM Certificate pursuant to condition 5 of planning permission 23/01254/FULMAJ dated 05.06.2024.
The Derby London City 5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01243/MDC
Submission of a Whole Life-Cycle Carbon Assessment pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission 24/00535/FULL dated 23.04.2026.
Faryners House 25 Monument Street London EC3R 8BQ
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01244/MDC
Submission of landscaping details and a Landscape and Ecology Management Plan pursuant to discharge of Condition 5, 17(d), 18(d) and 33 planning permission 23/01422/FULMAJ dated 11.04.2025.
60 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TZ
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01247/OBS
Advertising Consent for the installation of hoarding graphics to be applied to the construction hoarding at 38 Finsbury Square
38 Finsbury Square, London
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01248/MDC
Submission of Security Management Plan pursuant to Condition 34 of planning permission 22/00867/FULMAJ dated 14.09.2023.
20 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9DD
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01249/MDC
Submission of details Access Management Plan pursuant to condition 16 of Planning Permission 24/00776/FULL dated 11.07.2025.
6 - 11 Crescent London EC3N 2LY
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Decided26/01252/MDC
Submission of Plant Noise Egress Assessment pursuant to discharge of Condition 3 of planning permission ref: 20/00789/FULL dated 08.01.2021.
General Market West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Decided26/01253/MDC
Submission of details of Plant Noise Egress Assessment pursuant to the partial discharge of Condition 31(b) (relating to General Market only) of Planning Permission 19/01343/FULEIA dated 13.04.2023.
Poultry Market And General Market And The Annexe Buildings West Smithfield London EC1A 9PS
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Unknown26/01256/OBS
Consultation by the London Borough of Tower Hamets on a planning application that seeks to vary Conditions 2, 36 and 39 of planning permission PA/19/02534 to increase the number of private homes and reduce the number of affordable homes, and to reconfigure internal layouts and external elevations (LBTH Ref. PA/26/01459).
Asda, 151 East Ferry Road, London, E14 3BT
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01258/MDC
Submission of details of Highways Condition Survey pursuant to condition 20 of Planning Permission 24/01173/FULL dated 04.09.2025.
1 St Martin's-le-grand London EC1A 4AS
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01259/MDC
Submission of details of Suicide Prevention Strategy pursuant to condition 47 of Planning Permission 24/01173/FULL dated 04.09.2025.
1 St Martin's-le-grand London EC1A 4AS
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01262/LDC
Submission of details of terrace balustrading pursuant to condition 2(d) of Listed Building Consent 25/01507/LBC dated 29.01.2026.
Ibex House 42 - 47 Minories London EC3N 1DY
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01264/MDC
Submission of details of Mechanical plant mounting and vibration isolation pursuant to Condition 14 of Planning Permission 21/00279/FULMAJ dated 30.06.2022 (as amended under 24/00467/NMA dated 01 October 2024).
Development Site 10 King William Street London
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01265/MDC
Submission of details of Particulars, samples and details of new balcony terrace door pursuant to condition 2 of Planning Permission 26/00826/FULL dated 27.07.2026.
88 Wood Street London EC2V 7DA
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01267/MDC
Submission of details of The Accessible Car Parking Management Plan pursuant to condition 25 of Planning Permission 25/01245/FULL dated 06.02.2026.
London Stock Exchange 10 Paternoster Square London EC4M 7DY
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01271/MDC
Submission of details of Anti vibration mounting details pursuant to condition 3 of Planning Permission 026/0852/FULL dated 14.08.2026.
Livery Hall 39A Bartholomew Close London EC1A 7JN
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Under Consideration26/01272/FULMAJ
Partial demolition, refurbishment and extension to the existing building to provide additional office floorspace (Use Class E) including new ground floor commercial units, roof level pavilion and terrace (resulting in a development of a ground plus fourteen-storey office building at a height of 70.575m AOD), with associated works.
1 Coleman Street London EC2R 5AA
Received 14 Sept 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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