Chapter House, St Paul's Churchyard, London, EC4M 8AD
Proposal
Alterations to undercroft of St Paul's Cathedral and minor alterations to Chapter House including (i) Installation of a new passenger lift and associated raised platform within the external contemporary undercroft of St Paul's Cathedral to provide step-free access between the Chapter House and the undercroft (ii) extension of the existing step at the eastern exit of the Chapter House following partial demolition of existing external staircase, landing, and railings to provide level access and replacement of existing security gate (iii) raising the floor level and removal of associated stairs at below-ground level and installation of external, open platform lift in undercroft (No other works to the Cathedral or wider undercroft).
- Received
- 7 August 2026
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Aug
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application for demolition at Chapter House St Paul's Churchyard London EC4M 8AD. City of London has handled 60 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 143 days. It was submitted on 7 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the St Paul's Cathedral conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across BR. We hold 118 applications in total for the EC4M postcode area.
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Additional Information
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20267 Aug
Alterations to undercroft of St Paul's Cathedral and minor alterations to Chapter House including (i)…
PendingListed building consent26/01083/FULL - 20257 May
Internal alterations including removal of modern partitions, removal and blocking up of modern doors and…
ApprovedListed building consent25/00607/LBC
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St Paul's Cathedral
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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