Ordnance Arms, 18 & 18A Beresford Square, Woolwich, London SE16 6AY
Approved on 10 February 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions
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Proposal
Application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a minor material amendment in connection with the planning permission Ref. 22/0891/F (dated 12/08/2022), for 'Conversion of first, second and third floors into serviced hotel rooms (C1 Use Class), retention and alterations to basement and ground floor public house (Sui Generis Use Class) and beauty salon unit (Sui Generis Use Class) with alterations of ground floor façade details and parapet details, construction of a three-storey infill extension at first, second and roof floor on the Woolwich New Road elevation, installation of a mansard roof with associated dormers and all associated external works.' to allow for the amendment to Condition 2 (Approved Drawings) to make the following changes: - Change in the size of the basement level - Various internal alterations - Redesign to hotel entrance at ground floor - Relocation of bin store - Adjustment to level-access door location - Existing timber stair to be removed and replaced - Enlargement of internal courtyard at first floor level to create plant space and avoid new windows on party wall - Addition of two further rooms at third floor with ensuites - Alterations to roof form - Addition of automatic opening vent and rooflight to roof - Alterations to south-east elevation including increase in roof height, dormer height, resizing in new link windows, opening to ground floor bins store and hotel entrance, replacement of double door sets with single doors, replacement of damaged sash windows on first and second floors - Alterations to northern elevation to reflect roof ridge and height amendments, relocation of public house entrance; - and all other associated works
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Ward
- WOOLWICH ARSENAL
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation14 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided10 Feb
Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Ordnance Arms, 18 & 18A Beresford Square, Woolwich, London SE16 6AY. Greenwich has handled 750 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Greenwich's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across WOOLWICH ARSENAL. We hold 651 applications in total for the SE16 postcode area.
94% of conditions 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
- SE16 6AY
- Application type
- Submission of Details 8 Weeks
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Woolwich & Thamesmead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Stantec UK
- Agent address
- Arthur Stanley House, 40-50 Tottenham Street, London, W1T 4RN
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14523804
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
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 (21)
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Associated applications
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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Submission of details pursuant to Condition 6 (Noise Mitigation Strategy) & Condition 7 (Noise mitigation…
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Source: Greenwich
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