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157 Blithdale Road, London, SE2 9QE

25/0249/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 May 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

Change of use of existing 5-bed 5-person HMO (Use Class C4) to a 5-bedroom 9-person HMO (Use Class Sui Generis) and all other associated alterations.

Received
24 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ABBEY WOOD
Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 May

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 157 BLITHDALE ROAD, LONDON, SE2 9QE. Greenwich has handled 1,022 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across ABBEY WOOD. We hold 455 applications in total for the SE2 postcode area.

74% of full 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
SE2 9QE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2025
Consultation expiry
14 March 2025
Consultation start
8 April 2025
Consultation end
14 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
14 March 2025
Last date for comments
17 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
Architect profile
GOLD SKETCH STUDIOS LTD
Agent address
55a Bury Old Road, Prestwich, M25 0FG

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
14 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13711306
Documents
12
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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 (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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    11 Feb

    Submission of details pursuant to discharge condition 4 (Refuse and recycling details) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/0428/SD
  2. 2025
    24 Jan

    Change of use of existing 5-bed 5-person HMO (Use Class C4) to a 5-bedroom 9-person HMO (Use Class Sui…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/0249/F

Source: Greenwich

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