Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AA
Proposal
Internal alterations to extend the Clockmakers Staircase up to second floor level to provide new means of escape, fire upgrade and general refurbishment and redecorations.
- Submitted
- 27 August 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- ReceivedSubmitted27 Aug
- ValidatedValidated27 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is a planning application at Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AA. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Royal Parks conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 82 other applications at this address. We hold 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SW1A 1AA
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 August 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
- 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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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.
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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Planning history at this site
20 other applications at this property, newest first.
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PendingListed building consent26/06858/ADLBC - 20267 Oct
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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 - 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 - 202612 May
West Wing Lightwell 1 Safe access system (Linked 26/03134/LBC
ApprovedFull Planning Permission Application26/03133/FULL - 202612 May
West Wing Lightwell 1 Safe access system (Linked 26/03133/FULL
ApprovedListed building consent26/03134/LBC - 20266 May
West Wing additional works associated with reservicing.
ApprovedListed building consent26/02974/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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