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Royal Festival Hall South Bank London SE1 8XX

23/03437/LBApproved

Approved on 21 December 2023

Council decision: Grant Permission

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Refurbishment of the box office, cafe, bar and shop on level 2.

Received
27 October 2023
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Royal Festival Hall South Bank London SE1 8XX. Lambeth has handled 15,936 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the South Bank conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SE1 8XX

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2023
Consultation end
1 December 2023

Additional information

Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: South Bank
  • Listed building: Grade I: Royal Festival HallOn or next to this site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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 2026-11-03. 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lambeth

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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