Stephen James, Unit 10, The I O Centre, Skeffington Street, London, SE18 6SR
Refused on 7 January 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Prior Notification is sought for installation of 430 panels over the north and south pitches of the roof.
- Received
- 12 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Ward
- WOOLWICH ARSENAL
- ReceivedReceived12 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided7 Jan
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application at STEPHEN JAMES, UNIT 10, THE I O CENTRE, SKEFFINGTON STREET, LONDON, SE18 6SR. Greenwich has handled 7,184 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across WOOLWICH ARSENAL. We hold 1,520 applications in total for the SE18 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- The proposed development, due to the lack of scaled elevations and sections submitted to support the proposal, fails to demonstrate that the proposal would comply with J.1(a), J.1(c) and J.4 (4) of Class J, Part 14, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended). As such, prior approval is refused. Reason for Refusal 2 Digital imagery suggests that PV panels matching that which is proposed as part of this application were installed between April and May 2024. As such, it is not considered that the applicant has applied for prior approval before the beginning of the development. As such, it is not considered that the applicant can rely on the provisions under Class J, Part 14, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended). As such, prior approval is refused.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SE18 6SR
- Application type
- Other Developments
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Woolwich & Thamesmead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 7 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Low Carbon Energy Company
- Agent address
- 3-4 Clocktower Mill1Neptune Street, Burnley, B11 1SF
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14477268
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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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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