Woolwich Crossrail Station East Ventilation Shaft, Former Car Park and No's 12, 14, 15 and 16 Gunnery Terrace, Cornwallis Road, Woolwich, SE18 6FY
Approved on 13 March 2026
20 conditions
Proposal
Demolition of existing sub-station and wall for the construction of a mixed use development comprising residential dwellings (Use Class C3), non-residential floor space (Use Class E) within four buildings surrounding a central landscaped podium and the east ventilation shaft and service buildings of Woolwich Crossrail Station. All with associated sub-station, cycle and car parking, access, servicing, highway and public realm works and landscaping. Further detailed explanation of the proposal for consultation purposes (not forming part of the formal description of development set out above): Demolition of existing sub-station and wall for the construction of a mixed use development comprising 523 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), 1,536 (GIA) non-residential floor space (Flexible Use Class E) within four buildings ranging in height from part 11 storeys to part 26 storeys, with a maximum building height of 89.625 metres Above Ordnance Datum (AOD) on building 3 all surrounding a central landscaped podium and the east ventilation shaft and service buildings of Woolwich Crossrail Station. All with associated sub-station, cycle and car parking, access, servicing, highway and public realm works and landscaping. (This application is an EIA development and is accompanied by an Environmental Statement) (The development may impact on the setting of the Royal Arsenal Conservation Area and the nearby Woolwich Conservation Area as well as nearby Grade I, Grade II* and Grade II listed buildings) (14 days Re-consultation revised drawings, additional and revised documents)
- Received
- 6 December 2021
- Council
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Ward
- WOOLWICH ARSENAL
- ReceivedReceived6 Dec
- ValidatedValidated14 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided13 Mar
Decided in 1550 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Woolwich Crossrail Station East Ventilation Shaft, Former Car Park and No's 12, 14, 15 and 16 Gunnery Terrace, Cornwallis Road, Woolwich, SE18 6FY. Greenwich has handled 1,022 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across WOOLWICH ARSENAL. We hold 1,521 applications in total for the SE18 postcode area.
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Application details
- Postcode
- SE18 6FY
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 523
- Parish
- Woolwich & Thamesmead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 December 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 12 January 2022
- Consultation start
- 16 November 2022
- Consultation end
- 12 January 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 January 2022
- Last date for comments
- 15 March 2022
- Committee meeting
- 7 December 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Barton Willmore
- Agent address
- 7 Soho Square, London, W1D 3QB
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 January 2022
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09417800
- Documents
- 162
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Royal Arsenal Woolwich
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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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.
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