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Westminster Abbey Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PP

17/06889/ADLBCApproval of Details (ADLBC)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 August 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Methodology and a sample panel of stonework cleaning; method statement for the lifting, storage, relaying and repair of the floor and details of underfloor heating; and details of the East Elevation of the ground floor room at 20 Dean's Yard pursuant to Conditions 4, 5 and 6 of listed building consent dated 08 December 2016 (RN: 16/09677).

Received
2 August 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Ptolemy Dean Architects
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided30 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Westminster Abbey Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PP. Westminster has handled 3,063 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P postcode area.

92% of conditions 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
SW1P 3PP
Application type
Approval of Details (ADLBC)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2017
Target decision date
27 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ptolemy Dean Architects
Architect profile
PTOLEMY DEAN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Calverts Buildings 52 B Borough High Street London SE1 1XN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06080198
Comments
0
Documents
10

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: Westminster Abbey And Parliament Square
  • Listed building: Kiosk At Westminster Abbey Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PPOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • World Heritage Site: Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Apr

    Details of Arboricultural Method Statement for the Phase 4 works pursuant to the partial discharge of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/02750/ADFULL
  2. 2026
    20 Mar

    Amendments to planning permission dated 2nd June 2025 (25/01820/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/01839/NMA
  3. 2026
    9 Mar

    The first tree in question is a Cercis canadensis. Over the past three years, its overall health has declined…

    PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA26/01477/TCA
  4. 2016
    16 Feb

    Relocation of the four Whitehall Palace Statues from College Garden to the Triforium Gallery of Westminster…

    ApprovedListed building consent16/01394/LBC
  5. 2015
    10 Dec

    North Green1 x London plane (2885): Crown clean1 x London plane (2889): Crown clean1 x London plane (2891)…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA15/11495/TCA
  6. 2014
    12 May

    Temporary siting of two portacabins enclosed by a timber hoarding on the north side of the abbey for the…

    WithdrawnApplication for full Planning Permission14/04468/FULL

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