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Sunbury Lodge, 1 Sunbury Street, Woolwich, London SE18 5NA

25/4136/NMNon MaterialApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 February 2026

Council decision: Approve

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Proposal

An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material amendment in connection with the planning permission dated 31/03/2016 (Reference: 15/3555/F) for Demolition of the existing care home and redevelopment of the site to provide 48 residential units: 14 x 1-bed, 21 x 2-bed, and 10 x 3-bed flats, and 3 x 2-bed houses incorporating 17 affordable residential units with associated car and cycle parking and landscaping. This amendment seeks the replacement of 48 no. existing patio/balcony doors & windows with new 48 no. aluminium-framed patio/balcony doors and windows within the same structural opening with matching fenestration, orientation and colour (RAL 7016).

Received
9 December 2025
Ward
WOOLWICH DOCKYARD
Agent
Selsdon Building Contractors ltd
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.14 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Sunbury Lodge, 1 Sunbury Street, Woolwich, London SE18 5NA. Greenwich has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 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 44 applications across WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. We hold 1,520 applications in total for the SE18 postcode area.

86% of amendment 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 5NA
Application type
Non Material
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
48
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Consultation expiry
14 January 2026
Consultation start
24 December 2025
Consultation end
14 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 January 2026
Last date for comments
6 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Selsdon Building Contractors ltd
Agent address
10, Twin Bridges Business Park, Selsdon Road, South Croydon, Surrey, South Croydon, CR2 6PL

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
14 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14543864
Documents
6
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: ōSunbury Lodge, 1 Sunbury St WoolwichōRegister site at or near this address
  • 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)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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Source: Greenwich

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