Policy information sourced from City of London Local Plan

CS13: Protected Views

To protect and enhance significant City and London views of important buildings, townscape and skylines, making a substantial contribution to protecting the overall heritage of the City’s landmarks, by:

  1. Implementing the Mayor’s London View Management Framework SPG to manage designated views of strategically important landmarks (St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Tower of London), river prospects, townscape views and linear views.
  2. Protecting and enhancing: local views of St. Paul’s Cathedral, through the City’s “St. Paul’s Heights” code; the setting and backdrop to the Cathedral; significant local views of and from the Monument; and views of historic City landmarks and skyline features.
  3. Securing an appropriate setting of and backdrop to the Tower of London World Heritage Site, which adjoins the City, so ensuring its Outstanding Universal Value, taking account of the Tower of London World Heritage Site Management Plan (2007).

For more information please see the Local Plan