FOI release
St Paul's Cathedral and fabric: fire-safety consultation for the 2026-2030 partnership
Case reference FOI2026/01149
Received 15 September 2026
Published 10 November 2026
Request
We are seeking a clear record of the public-authority processes surrounding St Paul's Cathedral's contemporary-music partnership with fabric through 2030, including the announced opening performance by The Cinematic Orchestra on 29 October 2026. The Cathedral's announcement is here: https://www.stpauls.co.uk/press-release/st-pauls-cathedral-and-fabric-announce-four-year-contemporary-music-partnership Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful for the following recorded information held by the London Fire Commissioner / London Fire Brigade, created or received between 1 January and 15 September 2026 and specifically concerning that partnership or opening performance: 1. Fire-safety consultation requests or referrals received from the Cathedral, the promoter or the City of London Corporation, and the Brigade's resulting written advice, recommendations or consultation responses. This includes any recorded conclusions about audience capacity, temporary staging or seating insofar as they concern fire safety. 2. Any event-specific fire-safety inspection or audit conclusion and any formal notice issued in connection with these proposals, including the recorded status of resulting actions. A conclusion or action-summary extract is sufficient; the full premises inspection history is not requested. Please limit the search to the partnership and its proposed concerts. I am not seeking detailed floor plans, escape-route layouts, security arrangements, emergency deployment plans, personal contact details or unrelated Cathedral records. Where only part of a document can be supplied, the non-sensitive conclusion, date and recorded action status would be welcome. Duplicate copies are unnecessary. This request does not assume that the Brigade has been consulted, that it must approve the events or that a fire-safety breach has occurred. Please provide existing records rather than a new assessment. If no information is held for either item, please confirm that separately. Electronic copies in their existing format are welcome; direct links will suffice for published records. Please identify the basis for any withholding and provide disclosable portions. Please apply the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 where appropriate. If clarification or narrowing is needed, please advise; item 1 is the priority. Thank you for your time and assistance.
Response
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