21 Burney Street, London, SE10 8EX
Refused on 16 May 2025
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Proposal
Change of use of the vacant former post office (Use Class E) to a 2-bedroom residential flat (Use Class C3) and associated external alterations.
- Submitted
- 21 March 2025
- Council
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- ReceivedSubmitted21 Mar
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided16 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 21 BURNEY STREET, LONDON, SE10 8EX. Greenwich has handled 577 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 240 applications across GREENWICH PARK. We hold 1,228 applications in total for the SE10 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
- SE10 8EX
- Application type
- Full planning permission
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Blackheath
- 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202518 Dec
Alterations to external walls of the ground floor including reconfiguaration of openings, construction of…
ApprovedFull planning permission25/4239/F - 202522 Sep
Prior Approval is sought for the change of use of ground floor from post office (Class E) to a 2-bedroom flat…
ApprovedApplication25/3123/PN2 - 202518 Jul
Alterations to external walls of the ground floor including reconfiguaration of openings, construction of…
RefusedFull Planning Permission25/2317/F - 202530 May
Prior Approval is sought to change of use of ground floor unit (Class E) to 1x 2-bed flat (Class C3).
RefusedApplication25/1754/PN2
Source: Greenwich
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