Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AA

25/09115/ADLBCApproval of Details (ADLBC)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Details of switch and socket plates, radiator grilles, and conservation method statements, pursuant to conditions 5a, 5b, 5d and 8 of listed building consent dated 06 September 2019 (RN: 19/06963/LBC)

Received: 17 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived17 Dec
ValidatedValidated18 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date12 Feb
DecidedDecided16 Apr

Decided in 119 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AA. Westminster has handled 3,063 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 10 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Royal Parks conservation area, with 6 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.

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: SW1A 1AA
Application type: Approval of Details (ADLBC)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 December 2025
Target decision date: 12 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 10 Euston Place Leamington Spa CV32 4LJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14572203
Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Royal Parks
Listed building: Grade I: Buckingham Palace Gates, Railings, Piers and Gate Piers With Lamps Fronting Buckingham Ga…On this site · +4 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Registered park and garden: Buckingham Palace+2 more
Brownfield land register: 4 - 5 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6JPRegister site at or near this address

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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