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Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AA

17/09663/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 4 January 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Formation of two new access hatches in the east wall opening onto the Picture Gallery walkway to improve access to the White Drawing Room ceiling void.

Received
31 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided4 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AA. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Royal Parks conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 82 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.

93% of heritage 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 1AA
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2017
Consultation expiry
15 December 2017
Target decision date
5 January 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Conisbee
Agent address
1-5 Offord Street London N1 1DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 November 2017
Advertisement expiry
15 December 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06465993
Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Royal Parks
  • Listed building: Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AAOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Registered park and garden: Buckingham Palace
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Sep

    Details of samples of finishes and locations of control boxes, emergency buttons and any associated signage…

    PendingListed building consent26/06488/ADLBC
  2. 2026
    3 Sep

    Samples of finishes and locations of control boxes, emergency buttons and any associated signage in 'front of…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/06040/ADLBC
  3. 2026
    27 Aug

    Internal alterations to extend the Clockmakers Staircase up to second floor level to provide new means of…

    PendingListed building consent26/05894/LBC
  4. 2026
    25 Aug

    1638 Platanus x hispanica (London Plane) - Reduce the crown height by 3m, with lateral reductions of 3m to…

    PendingApplication26/05815/TCA
  5. 2026
    11 Aug

    372 Prunus sargentii (Sargent's Cherry) - Remove disease material from crown. 395 Ilex x altaclarensis…

    PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA26/05438/TCA
  6. 2026
    11 Aug

    1281 Platanus x hispanica (London Plane) - Fell to ground level due to ground level. 1382 Platanus x…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA26/05440/TCA

Source: Westminster

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