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House Of Commons Palace Of Westminster Parliament Square London SW1A 0RS

15/09246/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 November 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of photovoltaic units to western flat section of Riverfront south roof, and installation of new maintenance walkway and fall restraint system to central section.

Received
2 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at House Of Commons Palace Of Westminster Parliament Square London SW1A 0RS. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

86% of full applications at City of Westminster were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW1A 0RS
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2015
Consultation expiry
16 November 2015
Target decision date
27 November 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Parliamentary Estates Directorate
Agent address
First Floor 7 Millbank London SW1P 3JA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 October 2015
Advertisement expiry
13 November 2015
Site notice start
26 October 2015
Site notice end
16 November 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04532159
Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2015
    2 Oct

    Installation of photovoltaic units to western flat section of Riverfront south roof, and installation of new…

    This applicationApprovedFull15/09246/FULL
  2. 2015
    2 Oct

    Installation of photovoltaic units to western flat section of Riverfront South roof, and installation of new…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside15/09247/LBC

Source: Westminster

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