51 Birkdale Road, Abbey Wood, London, SE2 9HU
Approved on 12 May 2026
3 conditions
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Proposal
Demolition of the existing extension and construction of a new single storey rear extension.
- Received
- 9 March 2026
- Council
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Ward
- ABBEY WOOD
- ReceivedReceived9 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation9 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 51 BIRKDALE ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 9HU. Greenwich has handled 1,022 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Greenwich's typical decision time. 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 9HU
- Application type
- Householders
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Woolwich & Thamesmead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 May 2026
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14752579
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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© 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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