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116-118 Woolwich High Street, Woolwich (also known as 119a Woolwich High Street, 51-62 Hare Street) SE18 6DS

24/4114/FFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 5 March 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of Level 1 of site from Use Class Sui Generis (proprietary club with pole dancers) to Use Class C3 for 3x self-contained flats with associated ground floor bin and cycle store.

Submitted
8 January 2025
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 116-118 Woolwich High Street, Woolwich (also known as 119a Woolwich High Street, 51-62 Hare Street) SE18 6DS. Greenwich has handled 577 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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.

71% of full planning permission applications at Royal Borough of Greenwich were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SE18 6DS
Application type
Full planning permission

Appeal history

6000371
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 November 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

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, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Greenwich

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