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Dean's Yard, SW1P 3PP

25/01820/FULLRemoval/Variation of a conditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 June 2025

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

Proposal

Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 3 October 2023 (RN 23/05243/FULL) for: 'Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 11 September 2019 (RN: 19/05268/FULL) for "Provision of visitor access to the west front of the Westminster Abbey through the construction of an ancillary ticketing building on the north side of the Abbey with associated landscaping works including alterations to boundary railings."' NAMELY, the addition of an air source heat pump on the roof of the new sacristy.

Submitted
31 March 2025
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jun

Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Dean's Yard, SW1P 3PP. Westminster has handled 156 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 276 applications across SJW_22. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P postcode area.

86% of removal/variation of a condition 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
Removal/Variation of a condition

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. 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 amendmentAmendment26/01839/NMA
  3. 2025
    31 Mar

    Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 3 October 2023 (RN 23/05243/FULL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/01820/FULL

Source: Westminster

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