Views of St Paul's Cathedral, the Monument, the Tower of London
and other landmarks on the City skyline are protected by planning
controls.
The Local Development Framework's
Core Strategy includes Policy CS13 on protected
views. The protected views are shown on
Proposals Map A
(7.2mb)
The City Corporation adopted a Supplementary Planning
Document (SPD) on Protected Views in January 2012. The SPD
explains the locally protected views in more detail.
Protected Views SPD (2.1mb)
Supporting documents are available explaining how this SPD was
prepared.
This SPD replaces the former Supplementary Planning Guidance 'St
Paul's & Monument Views', adopted in 2002.
The locally protected views of the Cathedral are known as the
'St Paul's Heights'. These take the form of a grid of maximum
building heights. Extracts of the grid for any location are
available at charge of £25.
Download the St Paul's Heights grid extract
request form (114kb)
The Mayor's
London View Management Framework protects
important views across London. These include various views
of the City skyline including St Paul's Cathedral, the Tower of
London and river prospects.
Views that are protected by geometrical height limits are shown
on the
interactive
City map.