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Westminster Chapel Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6BS

26/00503/LBCApproved

Approved on 16 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of new light fittings in chapel tower.

Submitted
28 January 2026
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 78 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Westminster Chapel Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6BS. Westminster has handled 27,108 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. We hold 526 applications in total for the SW1E postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SW1E 6BS

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Birdcage Walk
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Westminster ChapelOn this site
  • 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

  1. 2026
    28 Jan

    Installation of new light fittings in chapel tower.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission ApplicationFiled alongside26/00502/FULL
  2. 2026
    28 Jan

    Installation of new light fittings in chapel tower.

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/00503/LBC

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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