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39 Congreve Road, Eltham, London, SE9 1LW

26/0094/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition and construction of a rear extension, installation of a new window on the front elevation, replacement of an existing window on the rear wall, and associated works.

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ELTHAM PARK & PROGRESS
Agent
Outstanding Architecture
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 39 CONGREVE ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1LW. Greenwich has handled 1,022 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across ELTHAM PARK & PROGRESS. We hold 1,311 applications in total for the SE9 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
SE9 1LW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eltham & Kidbrooke

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Consultation start
9 February 2026
Consultation end
11 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 March 2026
Last date for comments
27 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Outstanding Architecture
Agent address
31 Ruskin road, Bexley, London, DA17 5BD

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14612706
Documents
9
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Progress Estate
  • 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    14 Apr

    Submission of details pursuant to discharge condition 4 (Existing and Proposed Windows) of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/1155/SD
  2. 2026
    12 Jan

    Demolition and construction of a rear extension, installation of a new window on the front elevation…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/0094/F

Source: Greenwich

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