Westminster Chapel Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6BS
Approved on 16 April 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of new light fittings in chapel tower.
- Received
- 28 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- Scott Whitby Studio
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 78 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Westminster Chapel Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6BS. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 526 applications in total for the SW1E postcode area.
86% of full 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
- SW1E 6BS
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Scott Whitby Studio
- Agent address
- 1-5 Clerkenwell Road 3rd Floor London EC1M 5PA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 April 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Birdcage Walk
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- Brownfield land register: 1-2 Castle Lane, London, SW1E 6DRRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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 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.
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
- 202628 Jan
Installation of new light fittings in chapel tower.
This applicationApprovedFull26/00502/FULL - 202628 Jan
Installation of new light fittings in chapel tower.
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/00503/LBC
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202623 Mar
Conversion of an existing store room to provide additional toilet facilities at first floor level.
ApprovedListed building consent26/00499/LBC - 20179 Aug
Detailed drawings of proposed cable routes, including cable specifications pursuant to Condition 4 of listed…
ApprovedListed building consent17/07122/ADLBC
Source: Westminster
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