Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AA

17/10270/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 12 February 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Internal alterations including lifting of floor boards and the creation of holes within a bressumer downstand to facilitate borehole inspections at ceiling level of the principal floor.

Received: 20 November 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived20 Nov
ValidatedValidated20 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date15 Jan
DecidedDecided12 Feb

Decided in 84 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 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Royal Parks conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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: 20 November 2017
Consultation expiry: 9 February 2018
Target decision date: 15 January 2018

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 January 2018
Advertisement expiry: 9 February 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06548600
Comments: 0
Documents: 5

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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

2017
23 Nov
Alterations to rooftop plant rooms and walkways. Linked to 17/10447/LBC
ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside17/10446/FULL
2017
23 Nov
Alterations to rooftop plant rooms and walkways. Linked to 17/10446/FULL
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside17/10447/LBC
2017
20 Nov
Internal alterations including lifting of floor boards and the creation of holes within a bressumer downstand…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent17/10270/LBC

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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