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124 Swingate Lane, London, SE18 2HL

26/0847/NMNon MaterialApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 April 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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 26/0123/F, dated 09/03/2026 for "Change of use from an existing dwelling (Use Class C3) to a 7-bed, 7-person HMO (Use Class Sui Generis), in addition to a hip to gable end roof conversion and rear dormer, construction of ground floor rear extension and rebuilding of existing extensions to be fitted with a new flat roof, conversion of existing garage into habitable space and replacement of garage door with windows, roof lights on front roof slope, provision of cycle and refuse storage and all other associated works", to allow: - Variation of Condition 6 to read "No more than seven (7) persons shall be resident at the property at any one time".

Received
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
PLUMSTEAD COMMON
Agent
Excel Planning
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.13 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 124 SWINGATE LANE, LONDON, SE18 2HL. Greenwich has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 153 applications across PLUMSTEAD COMMON. 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 2HL
Application type
Non Material
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Excel Planning
Architect profile
EXCEL PLANNING LTD
Agent address
22 Braydon Road, London, N16 6QB

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14783666
Documents
4
Constraints
1

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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