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Lakedale Power Tools, 217 -223 Plumstead High Street, Plumstead, London, SE18 1HE

26/0097/FFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 5 June 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use at basement, ground floor and first floor levels and of building at rear from commercial (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to faciliate the creation of 7 new flats and partial retention of Use Class E at ground floor, in addition to the creation of a lightwell and staircase access to basement level, shopfront alterations, provision of balconies and amenity spaces at rear, boundary treatment, provision of waste and cycle storage and all other associated alterations (Revised description)

Received
13 January 2026
Ward
PLUMSTEAD & GLYNDON
Agent
Architects Plus
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 128 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at LAKEDALE POWER TOOLS, 217 -223 PLUMSTEAD HIGH STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1HE. 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across PLUMSTEAD & GLYNDON. 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 1HE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
23 February 2026
Consultation start
13 April 2026
Consultation end
23 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 February 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architects Plus
Agent address
The Grange, Market Square, Westerham, TN16 1HB

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14609065
Documents
21
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (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.

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

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