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51-61 Hare Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6NE

25/3965/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 April 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of first floor from former night club (Use Class Sui Generis) to restaurant (Use Class E(b)) to include the replacement of existing extraction unit.

Received
25 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
WOOLWICH ARSENAL
Agent
MEK Town Planning and Design Consultants Ltd
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 51-61 HARE STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6NE. Greenwich has handled 1,022 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 12 weeks longer than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across WOOLWICH ARSENAL. 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 6NE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation start
3 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2026
Last date for comments
13 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MEK Town Planning and Design Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Flat 14, Clive House, Haddo Street, Greenwich, London, SE10 9RH

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14510152
Documents
22
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

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, 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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