Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AA
Approved on 6 August 2026
4 conditions
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Proposal
West Wing additional works associated with reservicing.
- Received
- 6 May 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- Rodney Melville and Partners Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived6 May
- ValidatedValidated6 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date1 Jul
- DecidedDecided6 Aug
Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AA. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 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.
93% of heritage 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
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Rodney Melville and Partners Ltd.
- Architect profile
- RODNEY MELVILLE AND PARTNERS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 10 Euston Place Leamington Spa CV32 4LJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 20 May 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 June 2026
- Site notice start
- 12 May 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 June 2026
Site constraints
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
- 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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Associated applications
- 202612 May
West Wing Lightwell 1 Safe access system (Linked 26/03134/LBC
ApprovedFull Planning Permission ApplicationFiled alongside26/03133/FULL - 202612 May
West Wing Lightwell 1 Safe access system (Linked 26/03133/FULL
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/03134/LBC - 20266 May
West Wing additional works associated with reservicing.
This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/02974/LBC
Planning history at this site
20 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20264 Nov
Replacement of existing security lighting to the Buckingham Palace Forecourt with 80 compact LED spotlights…
PendingListed building consent26/07509/LBC - 20264 Nov
Replacement of existing security lighting to the Buckingham Palace Forecourt with 80 compact LED spotlights…
PendingAll Other26/07508/FULL - 20267 Oct
Details of new doors and samples of finishes and locations of control boxes, emergency buttons and any…
PendingListed building consent26/06858/ADLBC - 20267 Oct
Details of new doors and samples of finishes and locations of control boxes, emergency buttons and any…
PendingListed building consent26/06858/ADFULL - 20267 Oct
West Wing Staff Breakfast Room additional works associated with reservicing
PendingListed building consent26/06831/LBC - 20266 Oct
East Wing asset protection works
PendingListed building consent26/06816/LBC - 20265 Oct
The alterations, refurbishment and redecoration of Royal Garden Lodge within the curtilage of Buckingham…
PendingListed building consent26/06469/LBC - 20265 Oct
The alterations, refurbishment and redecoration of Royal Garden Lodge within the curtilage of Buckingham…
PendingAll Other26/06468/FULL - 202629 Sep
Details of samples of finishes and locations of control boxes, emergency buttons and any associated signage…
PendingListed building consent26/06488/ADLBC - 20263 Sep
Samples of finishes and locations of control boxes, emergency buttons and any associated signage in 'front of…
ApprovedListed building consent26/06040/ADLBC - 202627 Aug
Internal alterations to extend the Clockmakers Staircase up to second floor level to provide new means of…
PendingListed building consent26/05894/LBC - 202625 Aug
1638 Platanus x hispanica (London Plane) - Reduce the crown height by 3m, with lateral reductions of 3m to…
PendingApplication26/05815/TCA - 202611 Aug
372 Prunus sargentii (Sargent's Cherry) - Remove disease material from crown. 395 Ilex x altaclarensis…
PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA26/05438/TCA - 202611 Aug
1281 Platanus x hispanica (London Plane) - Fell to ground level due to ground level. 1382 Platanus x…
ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA26/05440/TCA - 202611 Aug
68 Ailanthus altissima (Tree of Heaven) - Reduce lateral spread of the crown to the west to allow 1.5m…
PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA26/05439/TCA - 202615 Jul
Details of masonry cleaning pursuant to condition 3 of listed building consent dated 07 March 2026 (RN…
ApprovedListed building consent26/04738/ADLBC - 202623 Jun
West Wing Group D Basement Corridor additional works associated with reservicing.
ApprovedListed building consent26/04125/LBC - 202619 May
West Wing Ballroom and Lightwell 1 Basement works associated with reservicing
ApprovedListed building consent26/03299/LBC - 202617 Apr
1 x Malus tschonoskii (BP4854): removal
ApprovedTrees Dead, Dangerous26/02574/TDD - 202626 Mar
West Wing builder's work holes associated with reservicing (Group B South).
ApprovedListed building consent26/01989/LBC
Source: Westminster
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