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Garage Sites Opposite to 48 - 53 Sewell Road SE2 9XW & 23 Ampleforth Road SE2 9BD - 17 Sewell Road SE2 9XN

26/0565/FFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Redevelopment of 2 sites, comprising residential dwellings (Use Class C3), associated landscaping, parking and storage. Further information not forming part of the formal description of development provided for consultation purposes: The proposed development comprises the erection of two three-storey flatted blocks, contained over two parcels of land, referred to as the 'east site' (Site A) and 'west site' (Site B). Site A and Site B accommodate 11 and 10 three-bedroom dwellings, respectively, in the form of terraces. Car parking, landscaping and ramp access are proposed at the front of the site. Bin and cycle storage are located internally at the ground floor level.

Received
23 February 2026
Ward
ABBEY WOOD
Agent
Planning Insight
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 1 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (40)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Garage Sites Opposite to 48 - 53 Sewell Road SE2 9XW & 23 Ampleforth Road SE2 9BD - 17 Sewell Road SE2 9XN. Greenwich has handled 1,022 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across ABBEY WOOD. We hold 455 applications in total for the SE2 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
SE2 9XW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2026
Last date for comments
25 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Insight
Agent address
12-18 Theobalds Road, London, WC1X 8SL

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14701824
Documents
40
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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