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44 Ceres Road, London, SE18 1HP

25/2568/FFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 30 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of rear dormer and rooflights to facilitate the change of use of a single family dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a seven (7) bedroom HMO with a maximum capacity of seven (7) persons (Use Class Sui Generis) with associated cycle parking.

Received
7 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
PLUMSTEAD & GLYNDON
Agent
Excel Planning
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 144 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 44 CERES ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1HP. Greenwich has handled 1,022 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 17 weeks longer than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across PLUMSTEAD & GLYNDON. We hold 1,521 applications in total for the SE18 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
SE18 1HP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2025
Consultation expiry
6 October 2025
Consultation start
15 September 2025
Consultation end
6 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 October 2025
Last date for comments
3 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Excel Planning
Architect profile
EXCEL PLANNING LTD
Agent address
45 Stamford Hill, London, N16 5SR

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 October 2025

Appeal history

6007470
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 30 September 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14234134
Documents
11
Constraints
1

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 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.

Source: Greenwich

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