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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

Awaiting decision City of London 26/00968/LBC Heritage and listed buildings

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference 26/00968/LBC

Application record

Reference
26/00968/LBC
Category
Heritage and listed buildings
Status
Under Consideration
Received
8 Jul 2026
Validated
2 Oct 2026

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of London register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

  • 26/00967/FULL 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

    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.

    Submitted 8 Jul 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Jul 2026

    Received by City of London

  2. 2 Oct 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 8 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 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.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with City of London for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year City of London decided heritage and listed building applications in a median of 94 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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