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189, Woolwich Road, SE2 0PY

26/01010/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 16 July 2026

3 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of Use from Residential Dwelling (Class C3) to Residential Care (Class C2) for a maximum of three occupants with two full-time staff.

Submitted
21 May 2026
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 189, Woolwich Road, SE2 0PY. Bexley has handled 238 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across WHEATH. We hold 455 applications in total for the SE2 postcode area.

75% of full planning permission applications at London Borough of Bexley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. Without evidence to show otherwise it has not been robustly demonstrated by the Applicant that there is a local need for the proposed residential care home (Use Class C2) in order to justify the loss of a single family dwellinghouse and therefore the proposed development fails to conform to the objectives of Policy DP6, SP2 and Paragraph 2.13 of the Bexley Local Plan 2023.
  2. By reason of the level of activity associated with the proposed use, it has not been demonstrated that the proposed development would not be detrimental to the amenities afforded to neighbours particularly with regard to noise and disturbance. The proposal therefore conflicts with Policy DP11 of the Bexley Local Plan (2023).
  3. The application fails to provide a sufficiently accurate or relevant Fire Safety Statement and therefore would go against fire safety objectives and performance requirements, contrary to Policy D12 of the London Plan (2021).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SE2 0PY
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bexley

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