Planning application
St Pauls Cathedral, 4 St Pauls Churchyard, Juxon House And Chapter House St Pauls Churchyard, 1 Paternoster Square, Paternoster House 65 St Pauls Churchyard, St Pauls Cathedral School, 2 New Change, 1 Carter Lane, Pvmnt O/s Carter Lane Gdns
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Proposal
External lighting scheme to replace and upgrade the lighting on and to St Paul's Cathedral including on buildings adjacent to St Paul's Cathedral (4 St Paul's Churchyard, Juxon House, Chapter House, 1 Paternoster Square, Paternoster House, St Paul's Cathedral School and One Carter Lane), installed on columns and low level lighting safety lighting to replace floodlights to St Paul's Cathedral Churchyard.
As published by the council, reference 26/00967/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00967/FULL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 8 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 2 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Castle Baynard
- Decision by
- Delegated
Comment by 5 November 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to City of London through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of London register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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26/00968/LBC Awaiting decision
St Pauls Cathedral, 4 St Pauls Churchyard, Juxon House And Chapter House St Pauls Churchyard, 1 Paternoster Square, Paternoster House 65 St Pauls Churchyard, St Pauls Cathedral School, 2 New Change, 1 Carter Lane, Pvmnt O/s Carter Lane Gdns
An external lighting scheme by City of London Corporation in partnership with St Paul's Cathedral to replace and upgrade the lighting on and to St Paul's Cathedral. The application requires lighting to be installed to buildings adjacent to St Paul's Cathedral, and to columns owned by the City of London Corporation. The installations will be to St Paul's Cathedral (exempt from Planning Permission) 1-4 St Paul's Churchyard, Juxon House, Chapter House, 1 Paternoster Square, Paternoster House, St Paul's Cathedral School and One Carter Lane. Floodlights will be removed from St Paul's Cathedral Churchyard and replaced with low level safety lighting.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jul 2026
Received by City of London
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2 Oct 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 27 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
City of London took a median of 84 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 26/00968/LBC (Under Consideration)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
99 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
- DRAWING ISSUE SHEET
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT
- ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF LIGHTING IMPACT
- NOCTURNAL BAT SURVEY REPORT
- LIGHTING DESIGN REPORT
- LIGHTING DESIGN SUMMARY / ADDENDUM
- ARBORICULTURE ASSESSMENT
- LIGHTING DESIGN REPORT - APPENDIX
- PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT CHAPTER HOUSE
- LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM SCHEMATIC (PRELIMINARY)
- LIGHTING TO SOUTH FACADE EXISTING LIGHTING COLUMN TO ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD REF.
- LIGHTING TO SOUTH FACADE NEW LIGHTING COLUMN TO ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD REF. XA/XB
- LIGHTING TO DOME, LANTERN AND CROSS 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE REFS. XK, XN AND XP
- LIGHTING TO DOME, LANTERN AND CROSS 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE REFS. XK, XN AND XP
- LIGHTING TO DOME, LANTERN AND CROSS CATHEDRAL ROOF WEST END REFS. XK, XN AND XP
- LIGHTING TO DOME, LANTERN AND CROSS CATHEDRAL ROOF EAST END REFS. XK, XN AND XP
- LIGHTING TO OUTER PERISTYLE AND TAMBOUR CATHEDRAL ROOF REF. XH
- LIGHTING TO BELL AND CLOCK TOWER (EAST ELEVATION) CATHEDRAL ROOF REF. XC
- LIGHTING TO BELL AND CLOCK TOWER (NORTH & SOUTH ELEVATIONS) CATHEDRAL ROOF REF.
- LIGHTING TO INNER PERISTYLE REF. XG
- LIGHTING TO STONE GALLERY REF. XJ
- LIGHTING TO GOLDEN GALLERY REF. XL
- LIGHTING TO UPPER WEST PORTICO REF. XQ
- OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION_INCLUDED_IN_CONDITION ASSESSMENT SHEETS
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-10 STONE GALLERY ROOF LEVEL
- ELECTRICAL RIBA STAGE 3 REPORT
- ELECTRICAL RIBA STAGE 3 REPORT
- LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM SCHEMATIC (PRELIMINARY)
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-19 GOLDEN GALLERY LEVEL
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-20 LANTERN AND CUPOLA LEVEL
- PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT JUXON HOUSE
- PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT PATERNOSTER HOUSE
- PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT ST AUGUSTINE'S TOWER
- PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT ST. PAUL'S CHOIR SCHOOL
- PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT 1-4 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-02 TRIFORIUM LEVEL 1 OF 2
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-02 TRIFORIUM LEVEL 2 OF 2
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-05 UPPER ROOF LEVEL 1 OF 3
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-05 UPPER ROOF LEVEL 2 OF 3
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-05 UPPER ROOF LEVEL 3 OF 3
- APPENDIX B - ANNOTATED DRAWING 12113-LA-002
- LOCATIONPLAN
- LIGHTING TO NORTH FACADE NEW LIGHTING COLUMN TO ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHURCHYARD
- LIGHTING TO NORTH PORTICO 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE REF. XA
- LIGHTING TO NORTH FACADE CHAPTER HOUSE REF. XA
- LIGHTING TO NORTH FACADE BELL TOWER JUXON HOUSE REF. XB1
- LIGHTING TO EAST FACADE FROM ST. PAUL'S CHOIR SCHOOL ROOF REF. XA
- LIGHTING TO WEST FACADE 1-4 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD REFS. XA, XB, XB1
- LIGHTING TO WEST FACADE JUXON HOUSE REFS. XA, XB & XB1
- LIGHTING TO BELL TOWER LANTERN REF. XD
- LIGHTING TO CLOCK TOWER CLOCK TOWER REF. XF1
- LIGHTING TO CLOCK TOWER LANTERN REF. XD1
- LIGHTING TO EAST END WINDOW REVEALS REF. XR
- LIGHTING TO LANTERN REF. XM
- LIGHTING TO NORTH PORTICO PATERNOSTER HOUSE REF. XA
- LIGHTING TO DOME FROM BELL & CLOCK TOWERS REF. XK
- LIGHTING TO EGRESS PATHS ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRDAL CHURCHYARD GARDENS REF. XZ
- LIGHTING TO NORTH PORTICO ENTRANCES, CHURCHYARD GARDENS REF. YB
- APPENDIX A SCHEDULE OF ELEC INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY
- BUILDERS WORK
- LIGHTING TO DOME, LANTERN AND CROSS 1 CARTER LANE REFS. XK, XN AND XP
- LIGHTING TO LOWER WEST PORTICO REFS. XQ1 AND YA
- LIGHTING TO BELL TOWER BELL CHAMBER REF. XD
- LIGHTING TO NORTH AND SOUTH PORTICOES REFURBISHED LANTERNS REF. XS
- HANDRAIL LIGHTING TO SOUTH PORTICO STEPS REF. XW1
- 12113-DR-002-16 20260409
- LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM SPECIFICATION AND CONTROL INTENT
- LOGICAL CONTROL CHANNEL SCHEDULE
- LIGHTING EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- HIGH AND LOW LEVEL LIGHTING ARRANGEMENT PRECINCT, ROOF, PERISTYLE, DOME AND LANT
- BLOCK PLAN OF THE SITE_INCLUDED_IN_ADDITIONAL PLANS
- SOUTH ELEVATION LIGHTING ARRANGEMENT
- WEST ELEVATION LIGHTING ARRANGEMENT
- LIGHTING TO ST. AUGUSTINE'S TOWER LIGHTING ARRANGEMENTS
- J100 NORTH CHURCHYARD WSI V1.0
- LIGHTING ASSESSMENT_INCLUDED_IN_CONDITION ASSESSMENT SHEETS
- 260325_SPC EXT LIGHT HIA_A01_REDUCED FILE SIZE
- 15172 ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL LIGHTING EMBEDDED CARBON ASSESSMENT REPORT_FEB 2026
- ARBORICULTURE-IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- CATHEDRAL MEASURE BOUNDARY PLANS 2012
- J100 NORTH CHURCHYARD ADBA COMPRESSED V1.0
- J100 NORTH CHURCHYARD AIA V1.0 COMPRESSED
- 12113-RP-004-02_LIGHTING DESIGN REPORT
- 12113-RP-004A-00_LIGHTING DESIGN REPORT_APPENDIX
- 12113-RP-007-01_LIGHTING SUMMARY
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-0CF CHURCH FLOOR LEVEL 1 OF 2
- PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-0CF CHURCH FLOOR LEVEL 2 OF 2
- PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT CARTER LANE GARDENS
- PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT 1 CARTER LANE
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-08 COLONNADE PERISTYLE LEVEL
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT SP-0C CRYPT LEVEL
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHURCHYARD 1 OF 3
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHURCHYARD 2 OF 3
- ELECTRICAL SERVICES LAYOUT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHURCHYARD 3 OF 3
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