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Westminster Abbey Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PP

26/01839/NMANon-material amendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 2nd June 2025 (25/01820/FULL) for Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 3 October 2023 (23/05243/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, reduction in the enlargement of the enclosed external area at the Abbey's West Front and retention of areas of existing paving materials and detailed design development for entrance and exit doors to the new Sacristy building.

Received
20 March 2026
Ward
St James's
Agent
Ptolemy Dean Architects Limited
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Westminster Abbey Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PP. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
Non-material amendments
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Target decision date
17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ptolemy Dean Architects Limited
Architect profile
PTOLEMY DEAN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Calvert's Buildings 52d Borough High Street London SE1 1XN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14794053
Comments
0
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Mar

    The first tree in question is a Cercis canadensis. Over the past three years, its overall health has declined…

    PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA26/01477/TCA
  2. 2017
    2 Aug

    Methodology and a sample panel of stonework cleaning; method statement for the lifting, storage, relaying and…

    ApprovedListed building consent17/06889/ADLBC
  3. 2016
    16 Feb

    Relocation of the four Whitehall Palace Statues from College Garden to the Triforium Gallery of Westminster…

    ApprovedListed building consent16/01394/LBC
  4. 2015
    10 Dec

    North Green1 x London plane (2885): Crown clean1 x London plane (2889): Crown clean1 x London plane (2891)…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA15/11495/TCA
  5. 2014
    12 May

    Temporary siting of two portacabins enclosed by a timber hoarding on the north side of the abbey for the…

    WithdrawnApplication for full Planning Permission14/04468/FULL

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