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St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London Lambeth SE1 7EH

24/02897/VOCApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission42 conditions

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

Proposal

Variation of conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 4 (Tree Protection Plan), 5 (Arboricultural Method Statement), 7 (Basement Method Statement and Flood Risk), 10 (Distric Heating), 11 (Energy Strategy), 12 (Energy Implementation), 16 (Ecology), 21(Restriction/Protection of Office Use), 22 (Restriction of Cafe Use), 28 (Waste Management Strategy), 29 (Waste and Recycling Storage), 39 (Vehicle Turning Area), 40 (Delvery and Servicing Plan), 41 (Travel Plan) and 42 (Parts of the Development) of planning permission 16/02387/FUL (Demolition, alteration and refurbishment of existing buildings and structures and erection of new buildings and structures to provide academic and commercially flexible professional floorspace for medical education purposes (Class D1) and/or office space (Class B1) and a caf� (Class A3); in addition to landscaping and public realms works (including the removal of 3no. trees); alteration to existing and creation of new basements; utility and low carbon energy equipment; alterations to pedestrian access into the site; infrastructure and associated facilities of Block 9 and Prideaux building at at the St Thomas Hospital Campus) granted on 27.04.2017.

Received
17 September 2024
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 507 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London Lambeth SE1 7EH. Lambeth has handled 15,936 applications of this type. This one was decided in 507 days, 64 weeks longer than Lambeth's typical decision time. The site is in the Albert Embankment conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SE1 7EH

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2024
Consultation end
28 October 2024
Target decision date
3 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
76

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: Albert Embankment+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    25 Sep

    T1 - T10 London Plane - remove deadwood and Marissa diseased branches T11 - Weeping Ash - remove deadwood and…

    PendingApplication26/02783/TCA
  2. 2026
    12 May

    Approval of details pursuant to condition 21 (acoustic impact assessment) of planning permission 19/01397/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01446/DET
  3. 2026
    13 Mar

    Approval of details pursuant to condition 20 (internal and external plant equipment) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00822/DET
  4. 2025
    31 Mar

    Plant installation on the rooftop of the Evelina Hospital and South Wing building, as well as internal…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/01048/LB
  5. 2024
    9 Oct

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission 20/00688/VOC

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)24/02893/VOC
  6. 2023
    12 May

    Installation of 2 new fuel storage tanks and two 2.8m fire barrier at the North Wing Riverside Car Park plant…

    UnresolvedApplication23/01362/FUL

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