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124 Swingate Lane, Plumstead, London, SE18 2HL

25/2872/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 December 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from an existing dwelling (Use Class C3) to a 6-bed, 6-person HMO (Use Class C4), in addition to a hip to gable end roof conversion and rear dormer, construction of ground floor rear extension and rebuilding of existing extensions to be fitted with a new flat roof, conversion of existing garage into habitable space and replacement of garage door with windows, roof lights on front roof slope, provision of cycle and refuse storage and all other associated works

Received
3 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
PLUMSTEAD COMMON
Agent
Excel Planning
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 124 SWINGATE LANE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 2HL. Greenwich has handled 1,022 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks longer than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 153 applications across PLUMSTEAD COMMON. 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 2HL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 November 2025
Consultation start
29 October 2025
Consultation end
19 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 November 2025
Last date for comments
15 December 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
19 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14291760
Documents
10
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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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