Planning application
St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Provision of an Air Handling Unit to the roof terrace of the Lambeth Wing, comprising louvred plant enclosure with 10 wall mounted condensers, and the installation of ductwork boxed with metal sheet to south elevation.
As published by the council, reference 26/02939/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02939/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 8 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 8 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Waterloo & South Bank
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
Comment by 13 November 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Lambeth through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lambeth register
This site has had 6 applications since 2016: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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22/04193/FUL Granted
St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH
Installation of 2 no. emergency standby generators within the loading bay at St Thomas' Hospital to support East Wing and Evelina Children's Hospital.
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21/01075/FUL Granted
St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH
Installation of 4 chiller units within a plant enclosure to support a new MRI suite in the lower ground floor level of the North/Lambeth Wings.
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20/02059/LB Withdrawn
St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH
Removal of Robert Clayton Statue located at the entrance of St Thomas' Hospital.
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20/02011/FUL Granted
St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH
Erection of two storey temporary Simulation and Interactive Learning (SaIL) facility for five years together with alterations to existing access arrangements and associated public realm works.
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16/02325/ADV Granted
St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH
Display of an internally illuminated fascia above existing ATM
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Oct 2026
Received by Lambeth
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19 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Lambeth took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
WSP Ltd Agent, registered in Cobham
Active · incorporated 2001 · Cobham
733 applications on PlanIndex · across 136 councils · 96% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
- EXISTING ROOF FIRE STRATEGY OVERVIEW
- THE LOCATION PLAN
- PART 1
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- COVERING LETTER
- PROPOSED ROOF FIRE STRATEGY OVERVIEW
- PROPOSED SOUTH ELEVATION
- PART 2
- COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- EXISTING SECTION
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN OVERVIEW
- AIR HANDLING UNIT ACOUSTIC SCREEN
- MEMORANDUM
- DUCTWORK SECTION DETAIL
- DUCTWORK PLAN AND ELEVATION DETAILS
- EXISTING EAST ELEVATION
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN OVERVIEW
- EXISTING SOUTH ELEVATION
- LOUVRED ENCLOSURE AND STEPS DETAILS
- DUCTWORK ELEVATION DETAILS
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED SECTION
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