New housing in City of London Corporation
We read City of London Corporation's planning register every day. We hold 12,731 of its planning applications going back to 2000, and 15 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 4% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 4% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 12,731
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 23 | 15 | 1 |
| 2023 | 20 | 14 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
| 2021 | 13 | 10 | 1 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,764 | Bow Common Gas Works, Bow Common Lane, London Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended), in respect of the redevelopment… 24/00319/OBS | Awaiting decision | 26 Mar 2024 |
| 1,358 | Former Westferry Printworks 235 Westferry Road London, E14 Re-consultation by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on an application for 'Comprehensive and phased mixed-use redevelopment comprising 1,358 residential units (Class C3), secondary school (Class F), commercial… 24/00615/OBS | Awaiting decision | 10 Jun 2024 |
| 1,358 | Former Westferry Printworks 235 Westferry Road London E14 Request for observations on Comprehensive and phased mixed-use redevelopment comprising 1,358 residential units (Class C3), secondary school (Class F), commercial, business and services E(a)-E(g)(i), community uses… 24/00092/OBS | Awaiting decision | 18 Jan 2024 |
| 892 | Borough Triangle Site At, 18-54 Newington Causeway, 69 Borough Road Phased mixed-use redevelopment of the site comprising: - Demolition of all existing buildings/structures and site clearance, except 82 and (part) 83 Borough Road which are to be retained, altered and refurbished for… 24/01286/OBS | Awaiting decision | 4 Dec 2024 |
| 7 | 1 - 2 St Andrew's Hill London EC4V 5BY Change of use of 1-2 St Andrew's Hill from commercial offices (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) associated with the creation of 7 units; retention of Class E unit on part ground floor; increase of roof level… 24/01323/FULL | Awaiting decision | 13 Dec 2024 |
| 2 | 6 - 7 Ludgate Square London EC4M 7AS Change of use of part of the ground and lower ground floors from Class E(e) to Class C3 to create 2no. residential units. 26/01419/FULL | Awaiting decision | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 2 | 17 Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6ER Change of use of first floor from office floorspace (Class E) to two residential units (Class C3) with associated internal alterations (99sqm). 24/00927/FULL | Approved | 3 Sept 2024 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: City of London Corporation's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.